The major issue reported by many newspapers today was the resignation of two or three ministers in President Hassan Rouhanis cabinet. Culture Minister Ali Jannati and Sports Minister Mahmoud Goudarzi have already resigned, but Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani has dismissed the reports about his resignation; though, he is going to be impeached by ...

Tehran, Sept 28, IRNA Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said that the text of impeachment bid for the Minister of Education Ali Asghar Fani has been presented to the Majlis presiding board on Wednesday. If the impeachment text does achieve the legal quorum and none of the lawmakers withdraw, it will receive confirmation, Larijani said at the ...

Tehran, June 11, IRNA Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani said on Saturday that Iran and Iraq have formed a joint committee to develop educational cooperation with Iraq. Fani made the remarks in a meeting with the Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi and the country's cultural attach. Felicitating the advent of the holy month ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Irans Education Minister Ali Asqar Fani in a meeting with Chairman of Russia's State Duma Committee on Education Vyacheslav Nikonov stressed the necessity for the further strengthening of relations between Tehran and Moscow. "Relations between Iran and Russia are expanding and it is necessary that the two countries' educational bodies ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Irans Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani arrived in Moscow on Tuesday to take part in an international exhibition on education. According to the Iranian embassy in Moscow, the minister is also scheduled to meet the head of Russian Dumas Education Committee and Minister of Science and Education Dmitri Livanov. During his three-day ...

Iran's Minister of Education said that a new lesson entitled The JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) has been added to history textbooks in Iran. The lesson will take 4 hours, and will enable students to learn about the terms of the agreement which Iran struck with world powers regarding Tehran's nuclear facilities. By IFP

Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani received his third official warning, known as "yellow card", from the parliament on Monday. Fani reportedly failed to provide satisfactory responses to lawmakers' questions about the employment of incompetent personnel, the ministry's "disregard" for human resources and teachers' healthcare and salaries, IRNA reported....

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) During a meeting on Monday, Iranian minister of education and his Italian counterpart signed an MoU to boost educational cooperation.Iranian Minister of Education Ali-Asghar Fani received his Italian counterpart Stefania Giannini on Monday in his office in Tehran. During the meeting the two officials inked a Memorandum of ...

Education Minister Ali-Asghar Fani said 12.4 million students have registered in schools so far in the new academic year (starts Sept. 23). The number excludes adult students in the non-formal education sector. Speaking at a press conference, Fani said, In the new school year, the number of students is expected to rise by 3% compared to the previous ...

The literacy rate of girls is 1.2% lower than boys in the country, said Education Minister Ali-Asghar Fani, pointing out that there are families who are still reluctant to send their daughters to schools for social, economic and cultural reasons. Speaking at a national conference on the global Education for All (EFA) 2000-2015 document held at Manzariyeh ...

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Irans Parliament (Majlis) has started the impeachment of Education Minister Ali-Asghar Fani. Fani appeared on Parliament flooron Wednesday to respond to lawmakers questions. The open session is attended by 204 legislatorsand chaired by the Parliament's First Vice Speaker, Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard. The impeachment proceedingagainst Fani ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's parliament is going to impeach Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani on Wednesday after he failed to convince the lawmakers about his performance as minister. A number of legislators had questioned the education ministry's performance and drew up a petition for impeachment of Mr. Fani, Iranian MP Mohammad Hossein Farhangi told ...

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani received a fresh challenge to his authority on Tuesday when 60 lawmakers filed impeachment papers seeking to sack his education minister. The motion, which accuses Ali Asghar Fani of being incapable of performing his duties, faces a vote in the conservative-dominated parliament on June 24, the official IRNA ...

TEHRAN, Jun.16 (MNA) Minister of Education Ali Asghar Fani is set be questioned by Irans Parliament on June 24, Majlis Vice-Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar announced on Tuesday. Under article 223 of Majlis internal regulations, Commission for Education and Research has reviewed the issue of interpellating the Minister of Education and while a number ...

Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA Iran is to establish some 50 Nano research centers in the country, said the Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani. The minister made the remarks, Sunday morning, in the opening ceremony of the 15th Exhibition of Technological and Research Achievements of Iran. He explained: Currently a total of 401 Students research centers are ...

Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA Iran is hosting Afghan students for more than 30 years and currently more than 330,000 Afghan students are studying in Iran, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq said on Monday. In a meeting with Iranian Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani, Mohaqiq said: The cooperation of Irans Education Ministry has ...

Tokyo, Nov 13, IRNA Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani who is in Japan for cooperation with UNESCO said that this cooperation can be in exchange of training experts and holding of workshops and expert level seminars. Fani who was speaking with the Director General of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNSECO) Irina ...

Tehran, Oct 27, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday thanked Majlis for giving vote of confidence to his proposed Minister of Education, Ali-Asghar Fani, and Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Reza Farajidana. Meanwhile, President Rouhani thanked Jaafar Towfiqi and Salehi-Amiri for serving as caretakers of Ministry of Science, Research ...

Iran Majlis has endorsed two of President Hassan Rouhanis proposed Cabinet nominees but refused to give a vote of confidence to the third candidate. Iranian lawmakers began discussing the qualifications of President Rouhanis proposed nominees for the three remaining vacancies in his Cabinet on Sunday morning. Ali Asghar Fani succeeded in winning ...