Dr Mehdi Farhoudi, Head of the Neuroscience Research Center was elected to join the World Stroke Congress (WSO) Board of Directors 2014-2018 as an individual member representing Sub-Sahara Africa, Middle East/ East Mediterranean in June 2014. He is the first ever Iranian member of WSO Board of Directors. The local newspaper of “Sahand” interviewed Dr Farhoudi in August 2014 and he explained about WSO and about the information regarding stroke that is necessary for public knowledge.