A partial lunar eclipse will occur tonight at 1722 GMT (21:52:55 Tehran time) and will be visible across the country.
The eclipse will only cover a small part of the Moon’s southern…
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At least five people have died as a heat wave with temperatures in excess of 40 C engulfed Southern European.
In northern Italy, a woman was swept to her death as an avalanche of mud and…
Close to 30% of Iran’s schools need renovation and strengthening, according to Mohammad Taqi Nazarpour, head of the Organization for the Renovation, Development and Equipping of Schools, was…
The number of Iranian tourists visiting Turkey exceeded 1 million during the first half of 2017, a report released by Turkey’s tourism statistics authority announced.
Inbound tourism…
The medical tourism market in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to be worth $2.92 billion by 2021, growing by 8.17% annually from 2016 to 2021.
The figures are…
Singapore Airlines is offering three months of voluntary unpaid leave to cabin crew as it seeks to cut costs amid rising competition in the region. The carrier is asking some of its flight…
Kish Airlines has been granted a license by Oman’s civil aviation authority to launch direct flights between Bandar Abbas and the Omani capital of Muscat.
According to a statement by the…
Chronic overcrowding in some of Europe’s beloved tourism hotspots is fuelling an angry backlash, from polite protest to “Go Home” graffiti and even physical intimidation.
Iran’s Red Crescent Society will open two medical facilities in the Saudi pilgrimage city of Medina on Monday after it received permits from local officials following drawn-out negotiations.…
The findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show that during the past five years (March 2011-16) the urban population increased by 2.6%, accounting for 74% of the total…
Last year, out of 700,000 calls to the Social Emergency hotline, 160,000 reports involved child abuse.
Every Iranian on average consumes between 45g and 57g of oil each day and improving edible oil standards can help improve people’s health, said Shahriar Mostofi, an official at Food and Drug…
Mothers older than 35 years of age constitute 30% of the total maternal mortalities in the country according to an official at the Health Ministry.
“The largest number of deaths occurs in…
As the time for injection of influenza vaccines approaches, the chief biologist at the Food and Drug administration says the vaccines target specific influenza strains and are useless against the…
During the past two years, around 1,350 pregnancies have been terminated legally due to severe genetic defects in the fetuses, said Majid Rezazadeh, a senior official at the State Welfare…
It may be possible to stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease with a drug normally used in type 2 diabetes, a clinical trial suggests.
Current drugs help manage the symptoms, but do not…
The number of Persian onagers in Touran Wildlife Refuge, located in Semnan Province, has doubled in the past 10 years, the director of the sanctuary said.
The results were obtained after an…
Kohgilouyeh–Boyerahmad Province, one of the most densely-forested regions in the country, is facing a major shortage of park rangers.
According to Ezzattolah Beheshtifard, the head of the…
Temperatures in most parts of Iran are forecast to rise during this week, Iran Meteorological Organization announced. IMO said on its website that coastal regions in the north might experience…
It is no secret that Iranians have a sweet tooth but food authorities are taking measures to gradually change that by reducing sugar content of foods and drinks.
According to Behrouz Jannat…
Progress in technology has made treatment and diagnosis easier and more effective both for patients and practitioners. However, the high and rising number of Magnetic Resonance Imaging centers in…
The kitchen sponge you use to wash dishes or clean the counters should be replaced each week, according to a new study.
The study, published online last month in Scientific Reports, also…
More than 36 million people worldwide are blind, while 217 million more have moderate to severe vision loss, and experts now report that they expect those numbers to surge.
The 29th International Olympiad in Informatics hosted by Iran closed on Thursday and medals were awarded to 152 winners. Japan emerged at the top with four gold followed by China and Russia…
A 235-bed hospital was inaugurated in Abhar, Zanjan Province on Wednesday in the presence of health and urban development officials. “The government plans to open 30 hospitals across the country…
