During a meeting with the official of academic and university affairs at the Iranian Embassy to Baghdad, Mr. Muhammad Talari, Al-Mustansiriyah University reviewed activating the joint academic cooperation between the university and its Iranian counterparts, President of the University, Dr. Hamid Fadhil Al-Tamimi said. Dr. Al-Tamimi added that the meeting reviewed implementing the governmental program for higher education 2018-2022 to enhance cooperation with Iranian university and research institutions, benefit from the progress witnessed by Iranian universities in various aspects and promote academic partnerships that benefits faculty members and students. Dr. Al-Tamimi continued by saying that the meeting also reviewed mechanisms for signing a memorandum of understanding between Al-Mustansiriyah University and Tehran University of Medical Sciences in the field of developing scientific research, enhancing educational opportunities for students of pre-postgraduate and postgraduate studies, organizing joint research projects and holding international conferences as well as exchanging visits of academic, administrative and research staff. For his part, Mr. Talari expressed his country's readiness on developing bridges of cooperation between Iranian universities and Al-Mustansiriyah University and providing all possible support and overcoming obstacles that may prevent signing the memoranda of understanding.