The first flight from Tehran carrying 230 hajj administrators arrived in Medina on Thursday morning. The group comprises officials, executive, medical, and food catering staff.
All the 230…
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Every day, close to 50,000 tons of waste is produced across the country while traditional and unsanitary methods are used for disposing 75% of the amount, said deputy minister of interior,…
During the first four months of the current calendar year that started in March, the Iranian Red Crescent Society rescued 728 people in the mountainous regions, according to Shahin Fathi, deputy…
The city of Gonbad-e Kavus in Golestan Province has been selected as the pilot site for renovation schemes of the National Headquarters for Sustainable Urban Renewal.
Accordingly, nine…
The deputy health minister for education affairs, Bagher Larijani and a team of Iraqi medical officials in a meeting Thursday in reached initial agreements on cooperation in scientific…
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook Nahavand county in Hamedan Province on Friday morning, leaving 15 people injured, Said Habib Masumi, head of Hamedan’s Disaster and Emergency Management Center.…
The preliminary technical phase of human rabies vaccine production is over and it is now in the clinical evaluation stage before final approval, said Dr. Mostafa Qanei, head of the Pasteur…
Over-tourism has been a serious issue for Venice for a long time.
The Venetian authorities recently unveiled a campaign, as too much tourism has taken its toll on infrastructure and…
Based on an agreement between the vice presidency for rural development and deprived areas and Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, investors in rural tourism…
UAE's Etihad Airways recorded a net loss of $1.87 billion in 2016 as one-off impairment charges and fuel hedging weighed against a solid performance of the core airline. It posted a total revenue…
Following the discovery of age-old relics and remains in Estark and Jushqan villages, officials decided to exhibit them at the National Museum located in Kashan's Fin Garden in Isfahan Province.…
The news on the prohibition of using selfie sticks for taking photographs in museums across the country has been denied by the director of Museums and Historical Moveable Properties Office at Iran…
Gas station number 234 in Tehran's 15th Khordad Street has been inscribed on the National Heritage List, the director of Iran Petroleum Museum and Documents said.
The volume of palm oil import has nearly halved since the beginning of the current fiscal in March, compared to corresponding period a year ago, a Food and Drug Administration official said on…
The Labor Ministry’s Internship Action Plan, known by its Persian acronym KAJ, has faced widespread criticism by economic experts.
Opponents of the plan say it will push people further…
A nine-year-old South African girl is the world’s third child born with HIV to go into remission, scientists have said.
The child has had a healthy immune system for more than eight years…
For patients who suffer life threatening health conditions early access to emergency treatment is crucial. After all, it is a case of life and death.
Iran is hosting the 29th International Olympiad in Informatics from July 28 to August 4 in Tehran. Between 300 and 320 contestants will take part in 85 teams from 84 countries. Two teams will…
Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province has been struck by 78 earthquakes of varying sizes in the first quarter (March 21-July 21) of the current year, according to the head of the provincial Seismology…
An Iran-China Joint Center for Research and Development of Medical Engineering Technologies was inaugurated in Jiangsu Province, China on Tuesday.
Cholera continues to spread in Yemen, causing more than 390,000 suspected cases of the disease and more than 1,800 deaths since 27 April. World Health Organization and its partners are…
Fire crews gained ground on Tuesday against a nearly week-old wildfire that has torched more than two dozens of buildings and charred hundreds of square miles of Montana prairie and is currently…
The temperature in Tehran will hit 40 degrees Celsius on Friday, the head of Forecasting and Early Warning Office at the Iran Meteorological Organization said. "Maximum and minimum temperatures in…
Incoming city councils have been called on by senior government officials to prioritize environmental issues and devise policies that benefit future generations.
During a meeting earlier…
If the Urmia Lake Restoration Project fails to achieve an ecological balance by 2030, it will endanger the lives of 14 million people, the director of West Azarbaijan Disaster Mitigation and…
