Around 1,000 flamingo chicks stuck in a salt marsh in Fars Province have been rescued by the locals and environment officials.
According to Nabiollah Moradi, the interim chief of the…
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Animal protection groups in India said stray dogs that have turned up bearing bright blue fur were likely affected by pollution in a nearby river. The Navi Mumbai Animal Protection Cell said it…
The monster El Nino weather pattern of 2014–16 caused tropical forests to burp up 3 billion tons of carbon, according to a new analysis. That's equivalent to nearly 20% of the emissions produced…
No educational institute has permission to offer courses on traditional medicine except for relevant faculties at universities of medical sciences and the Iranian Traditional Medicine…
People who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease even if they appear medically healthy, experts are warning.
The work, in the European Heart Journal, is…
Four prisons in Alborz Province, all of which are located in residential areas in the populous province to the east of Tehran, threaten people’s emotional security.
A large number of…
It is no secret that Tehran, home to 12 million people, is plagued by social and environmental problems stemming from wholesale migration and gross urban mismanagement.
The vehicles of social emergency services have been stamped with four-digit codes in red, which can be used by the public to report any violation or suspected misuse of vehicles to the State…
Multiple-birth families covered by the State Welfare Organization receive 530,000 rials ($14) monthly per child, according to an official at the organization.
“Aside from the monthly…
The Department of Environment has inspected 5,000 industrial units in Tehran province for pollution since October 2016 and warned 1,500 companies for failing to meet environmental regulations.…
Australia is in the grip of the worst flu outbreak on record and experts are urging people to have a flu vaccine now to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 70,000 cases of flu have…
Restoration of Bam Citadel will be complete in two years, the head of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.
"About 70% of the site…
EasyJet’s French pilots have appealed to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the British discount carrier’s founder and biggest shareholder, to intervene in a dispute with management over the impact of cost…
German carrier Lufthansa will suspend its Munich-Tehran route on September 29.
Airliners.de, the German-language industry website, cited Lufthansa's flight plan schedule as the source.…
Budget airline Ryanair is calling on British airports to curb alcohol sales following sharp increases in the number of incidents involving disruptive passengers.
The carrier issued a…
Iran has launched a railbus tourism scheme that travels from Tehran to the picturesque Savadkouh region in north Iran. A railbus is a passenger rail vehicle similar to a bus that usually…
During the past three decades maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Iran has fallen from 240 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015. However,…
Lawmakers on Sunday approved a bill that essentially restricts the death penalty to drug lords and crime syndicates and punishes small-time offenders with jail time.
The bill was…
The death toll from flash floods in the north and northeast rose to 13 on Monday, and five people are still missing in Golestan Province, according to Morteza Salimi, head of the Relief…
Law enforcement forces in Gilan-e-Gharb County in Kermanshah Province apprehended two locals suspected of setting fire to around 200 hectares of forests in Cheleh village. The suspects, who had…
People in low-paid or high-stress jobs may experience worse health problems than those who are unemployed, a new study has found.
Researchers at the University of Manchester examined the…
The Iranian Society of Clinical Oncology is holding a workshop to train nursing staff about chemotherapy on Aug. 15-16 in Tehran’s Fayazbakhsh Hospital.
Nurses from Tehran and other…
The head of Iran’s Hepatitis Society says poor air quality in cities is the reason behind the prevalence of fatty liver disease among urban dwellers.
Speaking to IRNA, Dr. Seyyed Moayyed…
The State Welfare Organization has so far tested children aged 3-5 in 13 provinces for hearing loss, according to a SWO official.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mohsen Firouzbakht, the…
When feelings of sadness or disappointment take hold, most of us do our utmost to escape them. However, according to new research, embracing these darker emotions is more likely to benefit…
