Director of Hakim Sabzevari University’s International Relations and International Scientific Cooperation Office Gholamali Farzi said that the MoU with Salahaddin University encompasses exchange of instructors and students, holding educational courses and undertaking joint scientific research works in the fields of basic sciences, engineering, Persian literature, Arab literature and sports.

Another deal was signed with Ishik University, a private scientific center in Erbil, with the aim of attracting students, he said.

Describing cooperation between Hakim Sabzevari University and KRG universities as high-level, Farzi said that signing the two agreements will smooth the way for mutual scientific and academic cooperation.

Hakim Sabzvari University named after well-known Iranian philosopher Mulla Hadi Sabzevari is located in Sabzevar, 230 kilometers west of Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province.