According to the public relations office of the vice-presidency for women and family affairs the meeting was held participated by Dr. Khadijeh Karimi, director general of international affairs of the vice-presidency for women and family affairs, and Dr. Leila Tajik, director of international scientific cooperation of Al-Zahra university hosted by Al-Zahra international office of Scientific cooperation.

In this meeting Dr. Karimi by referring to the importance of analyzing the needs in the policymaking and planning stated that the aim of this gathering is to identify the viewpoints, the capacities and requirements of the international students from Afghanistan.

She expressed hope that through communication with the relevant bodies and by benefitting from the existing capacities and abilities of the Afghani students and graduates residing in Iran certain measures can be undertaken to overcome their problems.

Dr. Leila Tajik also while expressing her gratitude to Dr. Karimi for her suggestion to holding such a meeting believed there is a need to identify the interests and abilities of the students and proper planning for improving their situation in particular, in recent years.

Later, the Afghani students present at the meeting each posed an issue related to training, cultural, social and economic areas and while expressing their satisfaction for studying in Al-Zahra university and its support requested for their continual support.

Also, the experts who were present at the meeting stated their experiences on the issues related to the Afghani students in these years and also described their capacities and abilities.