Iran Press/ Iran News: During a meeting with the Syrian Minister of Higher Education Bassam Bashir Ibrahim on Wednesday in Tehran, Bahram Einollahi stated that the role of Iran and Syria as prominent members of the Resistance Axis requires them to continue their cooperation in various fields.
The Iranian health minister said: "After the Islamic Revolution, Iran's Health Ministry has turned into a role model in the world by meeting the country's medical needs and treating all diseases, despite the cruel sanctions."
"We have about 20,000 faculty members and 220,000 students and 53 medical universities across the country and we will solve our problems ourselves," he noted.
He also pointed to the COVID pandemic and said that Iran's medical staff made its utmost efforts to treat the patients and combat the notorious virus despite the crisis.
"Iran is also ready to exchange students, teachers, and medical experiences with Syria," added the Iranian official.
Einollahi also highlighted the high pace of the nationwide vaccination against COVID-19, saying: "Iran has injected 95 million doses of vaccines in about two and a half months, inoculating 83% of the people with the first dose and 60% with the second dose."
He referred to the education of international students in Iran and explained that the admission process for international students increased almost sixfold and was on the rise, with a large number of Syrian students were studying in Iran.
He announced that Iran established the first stem cell transplant department in Damascus and hoped it would be inaugurated soon.
In the end, the Iranian minister stated that Iran-Syria cooperation is feasible in many fields.
Reported by Arezoo Raufi
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