The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 4th meeting of D8 countries, with Islamic Azad University as a partner. Seyed Javad Angaji, the University’s International Affairs Deputy told reporters that founding a university had been an Iran’s commitment since five years ago; “a 1 billion population of D8 countries and huge human labor force of the group provides excellent grounds and opportunity to improve sceintific and educaitonal cooperation of the member states,” he added.