{"id":131851,"date":"2026-06-19T14:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/?page_id=131851"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:10:56","slug":"office-of-arab-and-african-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/communications-and-international\/office-of-arab-and-african-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Office  of Arab and African Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Arab and African Countries Office operates under the Vice-Presidency for International Relations and Communications of the University of Religions and Denominations and focuses on strengthening the University\u2019s academic presence and international engagement across Arab countries and the African continent. The Office seeks to enhance the University\u2019s position in the global landscape of science, education, and research.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Its core objectives include expanding international educational cooperation, developing joint research and scholarly initiatives, and facilitating academic exchange and dialogue with universities, research centers, and scientific and cultural institutions in Arab and African countries. Through these efforts, the Office contributes to regional academic synergy and sustained intercultural engagement.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">At present, the Office has concluded <strong>39 memorandums of understanding<\/strong> with institutions in Arab and African countries, including Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and other countries across the two regions. These agreements provide a framework for faculty and student exchange, joint academic events, collaborative research, and continuous scholarly interaction.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">By improving international cooperation infrastructures and streamlining collaborative processes, the Arab and African Countries Office plays a vital role in promoting academic diplomacy and reinforcing the University\u2019s international and regional partnerships<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Head of Office of Arab and African Affairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Dr. Mohammad Sadeq Sediqi<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">ms.sediqi@urd.ac.ir<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Office Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">University of Religions and Denominations,<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Vice-Presidency for International Relations and Communications Building,<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Room 308<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Internal Contact Number:<\/strong> 323<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab and African Countries Office operates under the Vice-Presidency for International Relations and Communications of the University of Religions and Denominations and focuses on strengthening the University\u2019s academic presence and international engagement across Arab countries and the African continent. The Office seeks to enhance the University\u2019s position in the global landscape of science, education, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"faculties":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-131851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131851"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131928,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131851\/revisions\/131928"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faculties","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculties?post=131851"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urd.ac.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=131851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}