They were welcomed by the Chief Executive Mohammad Khosroyar, Chair of the National Medical Advisory Board, Prof Mohammad Ali Sahraian and a number of Board members. The recently built headquarters houses a rehabilitation centre where, each day, up to 35 people with MS receive occupational and physical therapies. The staff were also shown around a project in the centre of Tehran which by providing employment for people with MS, enables them to gain their independence. The society hope to be able to expand the project further in the future.



L-R Paul Rompani, Zoe Burr, Dr Mina Mohammad Ebrahim, Dr Zahra Moinfar, Dr Saeideh Khorramnia and Prof Mohammad Ali Sahraian (Chair of the Iranian MS Society's National Medical Advisory Board) outside the Iranian MS Society headquarters.

On 13-14 November, the 5th International Congress on MS was held at the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran. Zoe Burr presented an overview of MSIF which highlighted the role played by MSIF’s member societies, such as Iran, in the global MS movement. The Congress was co-organised by the Iranian MS Society, the Iranian Neurological Association, the Iranian Centre for Neurological Research and the Sina MS Centre.

Over 300 medical professionals and people affected by MS attended presentations given by leading Iranian neurologists and researchers and international speakers from the UK, Iraq and Syria. Poster and oral presentation topics included rehabilitation, regional epidemiology and the management diagnosis and treatment of MS.

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