Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Saeed Salimi said on Sunday that Iran and Russia are determined to deepen academic relations, IRNA reported.
Salimi visited Russia at the head of a delegation comprising chancellors of top Iranian universities from October 24-30 for a gathering at Moscow State University.
The University of Tehran, Sharif University of Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Science and Technology University, Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tabriz University, Isfahan University, the University of Shiraz and Ferdowsi University of Mashad represented the Iranian universities.
Iran's ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei has described the convention as a 'big and unprecedented' academic event in Iran-Russia ties.