Tehran – The Iranian team, consisting of four high school students, won two silver and two bronze medals at the Artificial Intelligence (IOAI) held in Beijing, China from August 2nd to 9th.
The group has gathered 310 students organized by Beijing National Schools under the auspices of the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to form 80 teams from 63 countries, and united with Poland, France, France, Iran, Australia, Brazil, Hungary, China, China, Mexico, Arab Emirates, India, Singapore, Singapore, Lasvia, Japan
Arash Yousefnejad and Ali Shayan claimed silver medals, while Parsa Golestani and Radin Rahmani-Nodehi have won bronze medals, Irib reported.
Ioai is the international science Olympics for artificial intelligence for high school students. With a focus on AI, it aims to inspire young people worldwide in science. This competition provides a platform for top AI students selected through the national conference to compete, exchange ideas and build connections, and promote dialogue on AI opportunities and ethical challenges between students and the community.
This year’s IOAI featured two major modules. Team Challenge and individual contests are designed to comprehensively evaluate students’ AI innovation capabilities.
The team’s challenges were based on the theme of “Future Factory” and integrated the simulation with actual deployment.
Individual contests include pre-event online warm-ups and on-site competitions. Students solved six problems (6 hours a day) covering machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision.
Thanks to the efforts of the Iranian delegation, the country is placed ahead of its impressive opponents from the UK, South Korea, France and Malaysia, ranking 16th from 2024.
Iran won the bronze medal in Bulgaria in 2024. The Iranian team provided the best solution among 41 participating teams from 32 countries. IOAI 2024 focuses on machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision.
The third edition of Ioai will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2026.
“Iran Digital” Program
The first phase of the Iranian Digital Initiative, the nationwide free artificial intelligence (AI) training programme has launched, targeting 2 million middle school students and 1,000 teachers.
Students who complete the introductory course will learn about various functional areas of AI and implement practical projects. The IRNA cited Abdolhossein Bahrami, a vice presidential staff member of the science, technology and knowledge-based economy.
Recent results
Iran won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the 8th International Economics Olympiad (IEO) 2025, held from July 20-29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year, 68 countries participated in IEO.
Four Iranian students won three gold and silver medals at the 36th International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2025). It took place in Quezon, the Philippines from July 19th to 27th, and ranked 2nd in 81 countries from 2024.
Five Iranian students won silver medals at the 55th International Physics Olympics, ranking 11th in the world.
IPHO 2025, held in Paris from July 18th to 24th, attracted 440 candidates from over 90 countries.
Iran won two gold medals, three silver medals and a bronze medal at the 66th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO 2025) held in Australia from July 10-20.
The event attracted over 600 high school students from 112 countries.
The Iranian student attended the second international mathematics Olympics for high school students in Turkmenistan, winning seven bronze medals. The event took place from April 21st to 26th.
More than 230 talented students from 15 countries, including Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Armenia, Bulgaria, Nepal, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Qatar and Turkmenistan, participated in the competition.
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