Air quality index in Arak, capital of Markazi Province, exceeded 100 for the third day in a row on Sunday, meaning air pollution reached unhealthy levels for sensitive groups.
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Once upon a time Si-e Tir Street in Tehran’s District 12 was frequented by tourists interested in art and culture. Now it has become a popular destination for those wanting to spend a few hours…
Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh has called for laws on the issuance of a driving license to be revised to include medical tests for kidney and liver conditions. “Currently, only…
Members of the outgoing Tehran City Council approved on a 10% price rise for sports complexes run by Tehran Municipality during their final session on Sunday. It was also decided that the…
In the second phase of a plan to protect schools from hazards, this school year (starts Sept. 23), 500 new schools in Tehran Province will be covered, said head of Tehran’s Crisis Management…
Sleep is essential for good mental and physical health, and chronic insufficient sleep increases the risk for several chronic health problems.
Now, a new study focuses on the role that…
At least 62 people are confirmed dead by a yet-to-be-diagnosed disease, Saka Yusuf, Health Commissioner in Nigeria’s north central Kogi state has said.
Authorities said laboratory tests…
Winners of the first round of Women Awards in Science (WAS) in the fields of medical sciences, technical and engineering, agriculture and humanities were announced during a ceremony on Saturday…
The Social Security Organization has launched a new booking system to ease getting an appointment at its hospitals.
Speaking to the Persian-language daily Iran, Ali Moayeri, an official…
Scottish tourism is worth more than £11 billion ($14.1 billion) to the economy, according to a new assessment carried out by VisitScotland.
The tourism body has calculated the value of…
A historical house near Tehran's Hassanabad Square has been demolished despite pleas by local cultural heritage officials urging the owner not to raze the structure.
The number of visas issued to Iranians by the Russian Embassy in Tehran sometimes reaches 800 to 900 a day, the Russian ambassador said. Speaking to ISNA, Levan Dzhagaryan also said a vast…
The number of deaths from road accidents in the past ten years has dropped dramatically in Iran, according to figures published by Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization.
In the last…
Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, who led the list of pro-reform nominees for the Tehran City Council election back in May, was informally elected as chairman of the incoming council on Saturday.
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People all over Iran have long witnessed waste pickers going around cities carrying huge, filthy bags on their backs, diving in bins to salvage whatever they can sell or reuse.
Though…
The number of cases of asthma has increased worldwide since 1990, however fewer people are dying from the condition, a major new study has shown.
A new Global Burden of Disease study…
Prisoners in Iran are vaccinated against hepatitis, according to the head of Iran’s Hepatitis Society.
Tehran Mayor Moahmmad Baqer Qalibaf will leave the municipality on Sept. 1, according to a member of the Tehran City Council.
The 27th Annual Congress of Iranian Society of Ophthalmology will be held on Dec. 4-7 at Razi Convention Center in Tehran.
According to figures released by the Health Ministry, 30.5% of all deaths in the country occur due to cardiovascular diseases. “Stroke is the second leading cause of death in Iran (10.3…
Law-enforcement officials in Mazandaran Province are searching for poachers responsible for the death of two rare Persian Leopards, which were killed and skinned in Behshahr County.
A project to dredge channels and straits feeding Gorgan Bay, the largest inlet in the southeastern part of Caspian Sea, is underway, the technical manager of Golestan Regional Water Company said…
July 2017 has tied July and August 2016 as the hottest month on record, according to a new analysis from NASA. May 2017 is not far behind, resting not-so-comfortably in second place.
Park rangers in Sorkh-e-Hessar protected area in eastern Tehran apprehended a group of poachers. Emamali Yeganzadeh, director of Sorkhe-e-Hessar and Khojeir national parks, said an eviscerated…
Coral reefs off the coast of Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf are unaffected by oil activities, a senior environment official said.
Quoted in a report by the website of Bushehr Province…
