Tehran – The scientific and technological cooperation agreement signed in Trieste “gives substance to the relationship we developed during our visit in January” in Iran, confirms the President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Debora Serracchiani on the sidelines of the signing ceremony. The Memorandum of understanding, signed in the Palace of the Region, is between Elettra Synchrotron Trieste and the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) based in Tehran, and establishes the scientific and technological cooperation that will lead to the design a new line of light and an experimental station financed by the Iranian Ministry of Science. The installation will take place first in the area of Basovizza, to be later transferred to the Iran Light Source Facility in the Qazvin province. (9Colonne)