Iran to honor scientists with Grant Islamic Noble Prize

Iran announced on Saturday that it plans to award Noble-like science and technology prizes to selected Muslim scientists, Fars News Agency reported.

Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Nasrin Soltankhah said the Iranian government plans to grant a Noble-like prize to selected Muslim scientists in a bid to encourage Muslim world scholars to promote and elevate their works and prepare them for tighter and harder rivalries at global levels, like the Noble Prize.

The Iranian biennial award is called the "Great Prophet World Prize", according to the Iranian vice-president, who said the move is meant to promote rivalry among Muslim world researchers and scientists.

"The prize will be granted biennially to the Muslim world scientists in three technological fields in which Iran has also make outstanding progress," she added.

Iran has made huge achievements in various fields of science and technology, from nuclear knowledge to stem cell and medicine production as well as nanotechnology.

Iranian Health Minister Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi announced in August that Iran is now able to synthesize 15 kinds of radiomedicines inside the country, stressing that the achievement was made due to the efforts made by the country's nuclear scientists.