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  • Researchers have started planning for the first clinical trial to test a candidate vaccine to protect against the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

    The news follows…

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  • Iranian researchers at Kermanshah’s Razi University have developed a nanomembrane that refines colored and industrial wastes in a short time with encouraging results. Textile industry produces…

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  • Icelandic whaling boats have left port to begin the 2015 whaling season, authorities said as more than 700,000 people signed a petition calling for an end to the hunt.

    Two whaling boats,…

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  • Chinese police arrested thousands of people suspected of environmental crimes last year, a minister told parliament Monday, while at the same time vowing to get serious about protecting the…

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  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday negotiations on climate change were moving too slowly and urged governments to quicken the pace ahead of the December conference on reaching a new…

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  • A domestically-built ‘strong motion accelerograph’ was unveiled at Tehran’s International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) on Sunday, after 5.5 years of research.

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  • The Food and Drug Administration and the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran, have declared olive pomace oil non-edible and harmful to health, said Hedayat Hoseini, general…

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  • The 15th International Congress of the Iranian Academy of Periodontology will be held in Tehran from October 6-9. “Various subjects, including periodontal diseases and non-surgical treatments,…

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  • A plan to install Platform Screen Doors (PSD) on metro lines was discussed at an open session of the Tehran City Council recently.

    Platform screens are glass walls that screen platforms…

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  • Iran is the only producer of Penicillin G in the Middle East thanks to the efforts of specialists at the Shifa Pharmed Industrial Group, said its managing director, Ali Sharif Azam, adding that…

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  • A new study has now found a way to deal and know the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease before one turns 18.

    According to a scientist Kumar B Rajan of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago…

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  • A Japanese cat which served as the master of a train station for eight years has been mourned by officials at a lavish funeral. The female tortoise-shell cat named Tama attracted international…

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  • The 34 million children who are out of school in conflict-affected countries need $2.3 billion to provide them all schooling, ten times the amount education currently receives in aid, UNESCO said…

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  • More than seven tons of drugs were seized over the past week in 458 raids conducted by the Iran Drug Control Headquarters (IDCH) during investigations into drug trafficking and abuse across the…

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  • In the first three months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), six travel agencies were shut down and 56 others were suspended, according to the website of the Iran Civil Aviation…

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  • UNESCO strongly appealed to the international community to help counter the emerging threat of violent extremism and cultural cleansing, in remarks to the opening of the 39th session of the World…

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  • Two of the world’s oldest civilizations are set to become closer, thanks to the establishment of a direct flight route.

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  • Iran and Germany have reached bilateral agreements on cultural cooperation, which includes holding exhibitions and training courses in relevant subjects.

    Representatives of both countries…

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  • A total of 15 billion rials ($454,000) were allocated to Golestan Province to help develop its tourism, cultural heritage deputy of Golestan’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department…

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  • Tourism events and festivals are to be held in all provinces of Iran as part of the country’s summer tourism program. Hotels and travel agencies will promote the events, in cooperation with…

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  • In Sousse’s once-bustling medina, Tunisian craftsman Ali Soltani nervously leafed through a newspaper on Saturday looking for more details about the deadly gun attack on a popular resort nearby.…

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  • Kurdestan Province’s tourism officials have secured bank loans to develop tourism infrastructure as part of the province’s ecotourism plans.

    Omid Entrepreneurship Fund will cooperate with…

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  • Reporters from SWR Broadcasting have traveled to Savadkouh County, Mazandaran Province, to prepare a pictorial report on the province’s tourist attractions, head of Cultural Affairs and Public…

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  • Morphine, heroin and cigarette conjugate vaccines developed by Iranian scientists at the Pasteur Institute of Iran are awaiting approval for mass production by the Health Ministry, said…

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  • Activists and contributors to knowledge-based companies will be exempted from mandatory military service, announced Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari.

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