Tehran’s chief environment official has joined the growing chorus of criticism directed at Tehran Municipality over its failure to combat the rodent problem.
Mohammad Haqqani, chairman of…
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Swati, the oldest tiger in captivity in India, died of old age in the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati in the early hours of Sunday. She would have been 21 in January 2018. “She was not keeping good…
US President Donald Trump’s apparent change of heart regarding the Paris climate accord is the result of growing pressure inside and outside the United States, the head of the National Climate…
Environmental scientists dream of eliminating pollution with natural resources, but that’s tricky when it comes to heavy metals.
Plants won’t work for cleaning polluted water and only some…
Chance of developing irregular heartbeat spikes up considerably with working more than 55 hours a week, research shows.
The prevalence of hepatitis B is almost zero among Iranians under the age of 23, which health officials attribute to the implementation of the national immunization program that started in 1993…
A plan to build a special rehabilitation town for women who have suffered from different types of abuse or social harm has received mixed response from experts and authorities.
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolted the cities of Jiroft and Bam in Kerman Province on Saturday.
According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred 32 km from…
Iranian companies have been able to produce 27 medical items whose import has been restricted by the US government.
Most cancer patients rarely face the need to travel abroad for cancer diagnosis and treatment because Iranian hospitals are well equipped for the task, according to an otorhinolaryngologist (ear,…
Heavy rainfall in the past five days caused flooding in 10 provinces including East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Alborz, Khorasan Razavi, Zanjan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Kerman, Hormozgan…
Providing education for children with special diseases who have to remain hospitalized long periods is a plan currently being piloted in Dr. Sheikh Hospital in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province,…
The State Welfare Organization has launched a national screening, diagnosis and intervention scheme for autism spectrum disorder in every province.
As part of the scheme centers for ASD…
Officials in the city of Yazd are considering measures to help improve the ancient city's international image.
A section of Yazd's historical texture was inscribed on the UNESCO World…
There are places where the surge of global tourism is starting to feel like a tidal wave.
Ancient cities around the shores of the Mediterranean and Adriatic are on the frontline, their…
The US Justice Department has asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to put on hold a judge’s ruling modifying the Trump administration’s travel ban on immigrants from six majority-Muslim…
A further 10 hotels in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, have been put up for sale, increasing the number to 80.
Less than a week ago, Mohammad Qanei, the head of the provincial office of…
A budget of 2.3 billion rials ($62,000) has been allocated to restore cultural and historical heritage sites in Mahabad, West Azarbaijan Province, the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage…
A workgroup comprising officials from Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and members of Iranian Hoteliers Association will be formed to assess hotel services and set…
Ultraviolet radiation around Urmia Lake has increased four-fold over the past 10 years due to the decreasing water level, according to an official at the Urmia Lake Restoration Program.
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To ensure couples in troubled marriage receive counseling before parting ways, the State Welfare Organization in cooperation with the judiciary plans to register divorce requests in an electronic…
Tehran Municipality’s negligence has led to an increase in rodent population in the sprawling capital, according to Mohammad Haqqani, chairman of the Tehran City Council’s Environment Committee.…
Iran’s team of high-school students came in third in the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad with three gold and one silver medals.
The contest was held on July 6-15 in Nakhon…
Heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday caused flooding in Iranshahr and Mehrestan counties in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, said Gholamreza Arbabi, director general of Crisis Management Office at…
Barakat Foundation will build 21,500 housing units in the next two years in underprivileged areas, according to the managing director of the foundation, Aref Nourouzi. “The entire scheme…
