In May 2025, Tarbiat Modarres University branch of Noor County establish a center for the Caspian seal conservation in accordance with DOE national action plan that focuses on the conservation of the a rare, valuable, endemic, and endangered species of the Caspian Sea.

A funeral ceremony has been held in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran for Finnish researcher Ellen Vuosalo, known as the Mother of the Siberian Cranes, who passed away three days ago at the age of 95.