From February 25 to 28, 2018, the 36th National and 3rd International Congress on Geological Sciences was held in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran. The international status of the event was provided by representatives of 19 countries, including Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, etc. The author of this message was the only representative of Russia.

K.A. Novoselov, Institute of Mineralogy, Miass, Russia; const31@yandex.ru