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  • Many government employees were transferred from the capital Tehran to smaller cities and towns after the bill for government employees’ ‘transition’ from metropolises to smaller cities was…

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  • The first step in achieving universal healthcare indices is an integrated multi-pronged strategy backed by strong political commitment, which the Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully adopted…

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  • The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drug regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease…

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  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of increasing number of cholera cases in the South Sudan, calling for prevention measures.

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  • Working women will go through health screening in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said Mahrokh Bolouri, director general of the Office for Women’s Affairs in Zanjan Province…

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  • Nomad women of Lar plains in north of Tehran Province will be provided with $30.7 million (one trillion rials) in financial aid for the first time to encourage their industrial endeavors, said…

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  • A project to turn Jajroud River into a tourist hotspot to better cater to the needs of travelers was launched last week.

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  • Iran is becoming an increasingly popular destination for global travelers after it signed the nuclear deal with six world powers on July 14.

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  • Revival of the portion of the Silk Road that passes through North Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran will take up to 10 years, according to the director of the provincial Cultural Heritage,…

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  • Sahoulan Cave has been inscribed on the Natural Heritage List as the 89th heritage of Mahabad, West Azarbaijan Province.

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  • Investments henceforth should focus on sectors that make way for women as contributors to national economic development on par with men; namely tourism, electronics and weaving industries, said…

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  • Diverse retirement regulations have created serious problems to retirees, said Mohammad Hassan Zada, technical deputy for insurance affairs at the Social Security Organization (SSO).

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  • The State Welfare Organization and the Drug Control Headquarters will set up exclusive drug rehabilitation centers for teens in various provinces “in accordance with the addiction status of each…

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  • Taking antibiotics may double the risk of a child contracting juvenile arthritis, a form of auto-immune disease that involves chronic inflammation of the joints and eyes that can lead to pain,…

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  • The directive on the online registration of textbooks for the next academic year (starts September 23) has come into effect, said Mehdi Afsarian, director of the Education Ministry’s Book…

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  • The toll in the recent floods has risen to 15 with eight deaths in Kan District, Tehran Province and seven in Alborz Province, said Esmaeil Najar, head of the National Disaster Management…

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  • Couples married for over 50 years will be commended at a ceremony organized by Sarchmeh Cultural Complex “to encourage family culture and promote matrimonial commitment.” The couples will be…

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  • Eldest children have no perceptible advantage in the world, says an extensive survey that concludes that any birth order effects are ‘infinitesimally small’

    The only head start eldest…

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  • Eleven people drowned in the Caspian Sea during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, including seven in Mazandaran and four in Gilan provinces, Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization said.

    All the victims…

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  • Six rescue helicopters will be allocated to the IRCS by the end of the current year (started March 21), said Naser Charkhsaz, deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s Relief and Rescue…

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  • Residents of a French coastal town are angry about a beach on the French Riviera being closed for the personal use of the visiting king of Saudi Arabia.

    Officials in Vallauris, located on…

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  • Iran has proposed hosting the next ministerial meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue, director of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Fars Province, Mossayyeb Amiri, said…

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  • The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has agreed to resume the monthly payment of pension to veteran craftsmen.

    Bahman Namvar Motlaq, the deputy for handicrafts at Iran’s Cultural…

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  • A tourist resort will be established in Ardabil Province, Akbar Torkan, senior advisor to President Hassan Rouhani, said during his visit to areas targeted for the plan. Counties of Meshkinshahr,…

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  • A study of MRI scans of the brains of healthy children has revealed that poverty produces structural changes and worse assessments of academic achievement.

    The new study suggests a link…

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