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A total of 1.3 million people, approximately 2 in 100, live with some form of disability and are registered at the State Welfare Organization.
Of those, 65% are men and 35% are women,…
The increasing population of drug addicts imposes a financial burden of 500 trillion rials ($13.2 billion) on the treasury every year, according to the head of the Drug Demand Reduction Working…
With seven new fire stations launched in Tehran late last week, the total number of such stations in the capital has reached 129.
The new stations are expected to help reduce the average…
The famous overpass in Gisha neighborhood in northwestern Tehran, widely referred to as Gisha Bridge, will be torn down before the year is out in March 2018.
According to Alireza Javid, a…
Isfahan will have tourist cabs in the near future thanks to a trilateral agreement between the relevant bodies.
Almost 70% of people suffering from hypertension (high blood pressure) and half of those with diabetes are unaware of their illness, which is why the consumption of medicine used to treat these…
Vocational training programs offered during the tenure of the present government has increased by 10%, according to the deputy head of Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization. Speaking…
The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation created 102,000 jobs over the past fiscal year (ended in March) and wants to put 170,000 people on the pay roll this year.
The first in-car measurements of exposure to pollutants that cause oxidative stress during rush hour commutes have turned up potentially alarming results. The levels of some forms of harmful…
The ‘Tazirat’ organization (a judiciary-affiliated ombudsman dealing with trading offenses) has guaranteed the safety of imported meat in Tehran’s chain stores, dismissing rumors that it could be…
Numerous shops in traditional marketplaces in Tehran and other cities face safety risks because they were not originally designed for the purpose, according to a spokesman of Tehran’s Fire…
Residents of District 12 in central Tehran, which is at the heart of a restricted traffic zone, are now allowed to exit the area with their cars in the morning without incurring fines
The medical team that will travel to Saudi Arabia with Iranian pilgrims comprises 575 doctors, a 20% increase compared to 2015, the last time Iranians performed Hajj.
Iranians did not make…
The residents of Ilam, a city in western Iran, have no water supply since the early hours of Saturday due to a problem in the supply network.
According to local media reports, there was an…
Iranian students won a total of 26 medals during the World Mathematics Invitational Finals in Vietnam that ended over the weekend. The team won one gold, seven silver and 18 bronze medals, as well…
The Iran Football League Organization has banned smoking in stadiums across the country, YJC reported on Saturday. Effective immediately, football fans can no longer bring tobacco to the stadiums…
A poacher caught in a protected area in Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad Province has been sentenced to writing the law on hunting and fishing twice in his own handwriting within six months.
The…
A group of cancer patients’ grey hair has unexpectedly darkened after they took new types of drugs, researchers have revealed.
Iran and Afghanistan signed six memoranda of understanding late last week to boost cooperation in the health sector.
The MoUs were signed during a ceremony attended by Iranian Health…
Names of six candidates for Tehran’s mayoral job emerged on Wednesday after the incoming city council voted on a long list of names that included the likes of Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the…
For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, the United…
An estimated 200,000 people in Iran are infected with the hepatitis C virus and are not aware of their condition, according to Dr Moayed Alavian, head of Iran Hepatitis Network.
“People who…
Lack of awareness and late diagnosis has led to the high prevalence of breast cancer among Iranian women, especially in those under the age of 40.
Mohammad Hadizadeh, director of the Breast…
Fourteen of the 19 tourists involved in an accident on Thursday in Chal Kandi region of Dezful, Khuzestan Province have been rescued, but three are still missing. Two were found dead, according to…
