This year’s theme for the World Wetlands Day (Feb 2) was “Wetlands for Our Future.” The day marks the adoption of the Ramsar Convention of Wetlands in 1971.
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Members of the Tehran City Council in a recent meeting ratified an amendment bill to collect toll to maintain and expand the city’s green spaces. According to the ratification, the fine for…
The police emergency SMS number 110110 was inaugurated at a ceremony on Wednesday in the presence of Tehran Police Chief Hossein Sajedinia. With its launching, “even deaf people can text the…
A direct flight route between Iran and Spain will be launched next summer.
One of Iran’s major airlines, Mahan Air, and Top Tours Company from Spain are collaborating in launching the route…
The 8th national handicraft exhibition opened on Monday, February 2, in the prime handicrafts city of Kerman. The exhibition is being held in southeast permanent fair ground.
Tourism deputy at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Morteza Rahmani-Movahed expressed hopes that the visa waiver program will become operational before the…
Iran has filed its Qanats (traditional aqua ducts) to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, and put Lut Desert forward to be registered as a national heritage, announced the…
A recent survey has shown that only 20% of doctors in Fars Province are satisfied with the Family Doctor Plan.
Nearly 28,600 people with HIV have been identified in the country, said Abbas Sedaghat, head of the AIDS control office at the ministry of health.
According to reports, 66% of HIV infected…
Those who have lost their health insurance coverage after losing or quitting their jobs can sign up to receive new coverage on the Health Insurance Organization website. Spokesman for the…
Extra-high constructions on Vali-e-Asr Avenue in Tehran are hampering the plan to plant 2,000 saplings along the historic street. Ahmad Masjedjamei, a senior Tehran City Council member said the…
Minister of Health Hassan Hashemi announced that 220 new health centers will open across the country in the coming year (starts March 21). The centers will be equipped with “the most advanced…
The third round of food aid distribution among low-income families has commenced, said Ahad Rostami an official at the labor and welfare ministry. The national program now covers 9 million…
Tehranis using major highways, tunnels, and bridges will perforce have to pay a toll following approval of the relevant rules soon, a city council official said.
As Iran marked the National Cancer Awareness Week (Jan 28 – February 4), the alarming rise in cancer cases in the country as well as the costs of treatment which is taking a heavy financial toll,…
Asia’s urbanization may only be just beginning, despite almost 200 million people moving to its cities in the first decade of the 21st century, according to the World Bank.
The mass…
The Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT) aims at making Rabat, Morocco’s capital, and Casablanca “global destinations”, and aims to spend about 1.8 billion dollars to develop rural…
The second annual exhibition of Imaginative Hands (Dastan-e Khial Pardaz in Persian) opened on January 30, CHN reported.
It showcases handicrafts, folk and traditional arts at the Iranian…
Action is taken within three hours on any complaint of corporal punishment meted out to students, Esfandiar Chaharband, director general of Tehran Province education department said.
An avalanche at Darbandsar ski resort on Saturday (Jan 31) killed a 21-year old youth and injured two skiers.
The skiers “were out of the permitted range and had ignored the warning…
As air pollution in Ahwaz has reached a crisis point, DoE head Masoumeh Ebtekar announced “a national fund to address the problem of air-borne particles in the city.” Aside from the particles…
In the next two years, 8500 housing units will be constructed for families with more than two physically challenged members, said Ali Rabiee, minister of cooperatives, labor and welfare. “We have…
In developed countries, 5% of the gross national product (GNP) is allocated for research and development (R&D) while in Iran it is only 1%,” said Shahindokht Molaverdi, vice-president for…
All provinces will be covered under the Prevention Plan for Crystal Meth Addiction by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 20), said Majid Reza Zadeh, head of the Center for Prevention,…
Tehran residents do not seem to be serious about reducing the pollution level which has hit new highs in recent weeks. They are busy scoring new records in fuel consumption, known to be a major…
