People

<p>Iran people news, Read the latest news on Iran's society, including developments in sciences, education, universities, and students, along with stories about Iran health sector.&nbsp;</p>

  • A water security committee has been formed at the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission to study the causes of Iran’s worsening water situation and help authorities devise…

  • A senior official at the Urmia Lake Restoration Program has said that criticism directed at one of the program’s schemes is misplaced because it was never implemented.

  • This year (started March 21) a plan to collect genetic samples from people convicted of serious offences will be expanded to all provinces, according to the head of Iranian Genetic Information…

  • The 17th Annual Conference of the Iranian Society of Dermatologists will be held on July 26-28 at Olympic Hotel in Tehran. “So far, eight scientists from the European Society for Pediatric…

  • The city of Arak in Markazi Province has earmarked 120 billion rials ($3.1 million) to combat air pollution in the metropolis, according to the governor of Arak County. “The budget will be…

  • An online database of historical and cultural places that have disability access will be launched in two weeks, according to the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…

  • The average university graduate aspires to make it big in large cities, to get somewhere in their field of study, to have a job that pays well and to live a comfortable life.

    But there are…

  • France will raise the price of cigarettes to €10 ($11.4) a pack within three years, the health minister said on Thursday, confirming a strategy that will push tobacco costs to among the highest in…

  • During the past two years, the Iranian Red Crescent Society has conducted 2,397 rescue operations in the country’s mountainous regions, according to Shahin Fat’hi, deputy head of operations at…

  • Around 23% of Iranians between the ages of 15 and 64 suffer from moderate to severe depression, according to Ali Asadi, deputy head of the Health Ministry’s Psychology and Health Department.

  • France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses gasoline or diesel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”.

    Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel…

  • Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi has accused the Industries Ministry of supporting the production and trade of tobacco and counteracting plans to reduce its consumption.

    Speaking at…

  • The scenic Haraz Road connecting Tehran to popular holiday resorts in Mazandaran Province will be closed for certain hours as of today until July 13.

  • The term of the current city and rural councils will end on September 3 unless the Guardians Council approves a proposal by lawmakers to bring the date forward, according to the outgoing chairman…

  •  scheme to teach reading and writing to immigrants in the 10-49 age group in Alborz Province has helped educate 1,200 people, according to a provincial education official. Moharram Ali…

  • Social Emergency Centers across the country provided free crisis intervention services to 5,225 people who tried to commit or were contemplating suicide in the last Iranian year (ended March 20,…

  • The Department of Environment is preparing a bill that would scrap taxes on waste management schemes.  The proposal is aimed at creating economic incentives to encourage the private sector to…

  • The Department of Environment has voiced dismay with a recent move by Tehran City Council to charge hybrid vehicles an emissions fee to enter restricted traffic zones, which includes Low Emission…

  • Wrapping freshly-baked bread in plastic bags has almost become a tradition in Iran. However, environment authorities are understandably not happy.

  • Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat.

  • Over the past four years the antinarcotics police managed to dismantle 11,000 drug smuggling rings across Iran, according to Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.

  • Overuse of antibiotics in Iran has reached dangerous levels, with more than half of prescribed drugs deemed unnecessary by many experts.

    According to Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh…

  • In a bid to address the woefully high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, the Health Ministry has proposed a plan that would oblige dairy producers to sell only vitamin D-fortified milk.

  • The world’s smallest and most accurate 3D-printed biopsy robot has been revealed.

  • A total of 66 new subway cars will join the Tehran Metro fleet by next week, according to Maziar Hosseini, deputy for traffic and transport affairs at Tehran Municipality.