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Tehran Times reported that the 2026 Leiden Ranking Traditional Edition includes 45 Iranian universities among 1,618 institutions worldwide, down from 48 Iranian universities in 2025. The University of Tehran ranks highest among them at 182 globally, followed by Tehran University of Medical Sciences at 230 and Iran University of Science and Technology at 388. The article says the number of institutions in the Traditional Edition rose from 1,594 to 1,618 and that Nepal appears in the edition for the first time, bringing coverage to 78 countries and territories. It also states that this is the final Traditional Edition, which will be discontinued from 2027 onward. The report did not include individual university rankings for the Traditional Edition, and the article describes the Open Edition, which lists 80 Iranian universities, as a separate, transparent release based on OpenAlex data.