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Iranian high school students received two gold, three silver, and one bronze medals in the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2017) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Out of 111 countries, the Iranian team achieved fifth place after South Korea, Vietnam, China and USA.

Earlier this month, Iran ranked third in the 49th Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2017), behind Taiwan and the USA. The event, that was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand hosted 297 students from 76 countries.

Results IMO 2017 Gold medal winners: Amir Mojtaba Sabur and Aryo Lotfi Jandaghi Silver medal winners: Seyed Mahdavi Tikdari, Taha Miranzadeh and Farhood Rostamkhani Bronze medal winner: Soroush Taslimi

Results IChO 2017 Gold medal winners: Amirabbas Kazeminia, Hossein Behnoush and Parsa Pirouz Silver medal winner: Soroush Baniani

The best placed Iranian participant in the IMO’s hall of fame is Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal since its inception in 1936. She earned a gold medal in 1994 and in 1995 she notched a perfect score and another gold medal, as the first female to compete with Iran’s International Mathematical Olympiad team.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit 58th International Mathematical Olympiad, Facebook

Tehran, Iran. Photo credit: IRNA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit 58th International Mathematical Olympiad, Facebook

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Photo credit Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Facebook

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Photo credit Sakulsuk Unarunotai, Facebook

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit bigschool.vn

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit bigschool.vn

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual six-problem mathematical olympiad for pre-college students, and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959.

The International Chemistry Olympiad, one of the International Science Olympiads, is an annual academic competition for high school students. The first IChO was held 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Sources: imo-official.org I, imo-official.org II, Wikipedia | IMO, Facebook @IMO2017Rio, bigschool.vn, icho2017.sc.mahidol.ac.th, Tehran Times, Wikipedia | IChO, Facebook @sak.otai

Iranian students win 10 medals at chemistry and math Olympiads Iranian high school students received two gold, three silver, and one bronze medals in the 58th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2017) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The 3rd National Spaghetti Bridge Competition, organized by SBC, was held at Tehran’s Milad Tower. 670 students in 108 teams participated at the event.

A spaghetti bridge is a small scale model bridge made of spaghetti or other hard, dry, straight noodles. The aim is usually to construct a bridge with a specific quantity of materials over a specific span, that can sustain a load. In heavyweight competitions, the bridge that can hold the greatest load for a short period of time wins the contest.

Iranian civil engineering students ranked second in 2004 (load held: 19.17kg) and 2010 (load held: 184.3kg / 406.31lbs) at the Heavyweight Contest organized by Okanagan College in British Columbia, Canada. This competition, that started in 1983, is open to contestants around the world, however the rules state that contestants must be full-time secondary or post-secondary students.

Sources: Wikipedia | Spaghetti bridge, IRNA, Okanagan College 1, Okanagan College 2 (pdf), Azad News Agency, SBC (in Persian)

Photos: Spaghetti bridge competition in Tehran The 3rd National Spaghetti Bridge Competition, organized by SBC, was held at Tehran's Milad Tower. 670 students in 108 teams participated at the event.

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Iranian high school students are in this year’s 9th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) on top of the medal table with three gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

This year’s competition was held from July 26 to August 4 in the Indonesian city of Semarang with the participation of 41 countries. The IOAA is an annual international astronomy competition for high school students and was first held in Thailand in 2007

Arman Vasigh Zadeh Ansari, Fatemeh Zargar Bashi and Ali Zare won the gold medals, Saeed Hojjati Nejad, Saeed Morteza Sadat, Mohammad Hadi Sotoudeh and Ali-Reza Arjmand Shakouri won the silver medals and Ali Chegini, Parsa Nourozi and Seyed Ali Hadian Emrai won the bronze medals.

Special awards were also given to Fatemeh Zargar Bashi (Most Creative Solution) and to Ali Zare (Best Theory).

Group photo at Prambanan Temple during the 2015 IOAA (International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics) held in Semarang, Indonesia

Iranian team at IOAA 2015 held in Semarang, Indonesia

Gold medalists at IOAA 2015 held in Semarang, Indonesia

Silver medalists at IOAA 2015 held in Semarang, Indonesia

Bronze medalists at IOAA 2015 held in Semarang, Indonesia

Special Awardees at IOAA 2015 held in Semarang, Indonesia

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Sources: Payvand News of Iran, IOAA 2015 Newsletter Vol.08 | Student rankings (p6), Special Awards and Honorable Mentions (p7), Medal distribution (p8) – (PDF), Facebook | IOAA 2015, IOAA 2015 | Photos

  Iranian high school students win first place in the 9th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) Iranian high school students are in this year's 9th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) on top of the medal table with three gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

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Iranian Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani the first women to win the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics"

Iranian Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani the first women to win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”

Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal – known as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics” – in recognition of her contributions to the understanding of the symmetry of curved surfaces. … Mirzakhani was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. As a young girl she dreamed of becoming a writer. By high school, however, her affinity for solving mathematical problems and working on proofs…

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