Pakistan and Turkey contribute most to the counterfeit medicine trade in the Middle East, and Iran’s geographical location as a neighbor of the two main trafficking states, raises concern over…
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Some medicines in the country can be abused for production of illegal industrial drugs. They include ‘pseudoephedrine’, ‘tramadol’ and ‘diphenoxylate’, said Parviz Afshar, deputy director general…
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Buildings in Tehran will be issued technical certificates, said head of the Construction Commission of Tehran City Council, Eghbal Shakeri. Following the destruction of and damage to several…
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The increasing rate of traffic violations in Tehran has forced the police to launch a new plan to record offenses without hassles.
There are two types of traffic violations: moving and…
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Happiness is important to people both as individuals as well as members of the larger society, primarily because eventually, the quality of life is entirely determined by emotions.
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Global population has now reached 7.3 billion. In the last 12 years, the world has added approximately one billion people, and in the next 15 years this is expected to happen again.
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A vaccine against Ebola has shown to be 100% successful in trials conducted during the outbreak in Guinea and is likely to bring the West African epidemic to an end, experts say.
The…
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The number of Iranians with diabetes will reach nine million by 2030, says Alireza Esteghamati, endocrinology and metabolism specialist.
“Iran will have the second highest number of…
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Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province will host the Atlas of Islamic World Cities (AIWC) conference in 2016, said Sadegh Najafi, director of the Board of Atlas of Islamic Cities, who is in Vienna,…
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The Department of Environment is committed to registering World Ranger Day on the Iranian calendar, according to a deputy of the department. Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Mohammad Darvish added…
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A small patch of deformed daisies near the 2011 Fukushima disaster site has attracted global intrigue, after Japanese Twitter user @san_kaido posted a photo of the plant mutation in May.
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As outrage grows over the killing of Cecil the lion, Zimbabwe has called on the United States to extradite the American dentist who shot the prized big cat.
Zimbabwe has started extradition…
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The air felt like an exceptional 73 degrees Celsius in Bandar Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, on Friday, and no relief is expected in the foreseeable future.
Due to extreme heat and humidity…
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Reports circulated on Thursday that a shiny object was spotted in the sky of Iran, crashing somewhere in the western provinces of Alborz, Hamedan and Qazvin, but government officials denied the…
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A national web portal, “leisure-time activities for youth” was unveiled in Shahrekord, capital of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province, at a function recently.
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The first Eustachian tuboplasty was carried out successfully on two patients in Amir Alam Hospital recently, said Dr. Mansour Motesadi specialist on Eustachian tube surgery.
A center for…
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The 8th International Congress of World Muslim Medics opened on Thursday in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province.
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The Natural Hazards Risk Atlas of Iran has been prepared and will be used to work out disaster mitigation strategies, said Morteza Akbarpour, deputy head of Iran’s National Disaster Management…
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American Zion Harvey has made history by becoming the first child to receive a double-hand transplant.
The eight-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, who had lost his hands and both feet due…
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Researchers have found a marker in the blood that can identify women who might be at risk for postpartum depression.
Postpartum depression is a debilitating disorder that affects nearly 20…
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and head of the Department of Environment (DoE) Masumeh Ebtekar, at a meeting on Wednesday, discussed environmental issues, including the upcoming 21st…
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Nearly 800 hectares are allocated for organic grapes and date plantations in Khash city in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
This has created jobs for 60 farmers, said Ardeshir Shahraki, head of…
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Residents of border regions will be granted interest-free loans to cover 90% of production costs of cooperative ventures, said Seyyed Abolfazl Razavi, deputy vice-president for Rural and Deprived…
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Handover of government pharmacies to the private sector has been effective under the May 2014 Health Reform Plan, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Under the…
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Demand to visit Iran has notably increased among American tourists, said the head of Iranian Tour Operators’ Association, Ebrahim Pourfaraj.
Speaking to ILNA, Pourfaraj said academics from…
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