A professor of The University of Basrah wins first place as the best international patent in the Middle East for 2020.

Dr. Salah Shakir Hashim, a professor at the department of Chemistry at the University of Basrah wins the first place as the best international patent in the Middle East for 2020. The Price was granted from the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) in Switzerland. This price is awarded the first Iraqi scientist, and have been published of the official website of IFIA.