The rate of theft in the country has declined by 10% over the past two years since the establishment of a headquarters to combat robbery.
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The nationwide university entrance exams (known as Concour) start today, with mathematics and humanities students taking the test in the morning and arts students sitting the exam in the afternoon…
Law enforcement officials at Imam Khomeini International Airport seized over 7 kilograms of opium earlier this week from smugglers wanting to travel to Europe.
A 36-member delegation comprising representative from 22 European countries arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a three-day visit.
The delegation attended a meeting with education officials to…
The plan to transfer water from Caspian Sea to the drought-hit central plateau has been called off due to its potential negative environmental effects.
Following the deaths of 18 flamingoes migrating to Shadegan Wetland after colliding with power lines two weeks ago, officials at the Khuzestan Electric Power Distribution Company have moved to…
In Oakland, California, Google cars that collect maps and photographs of city streets have also been collecting air and measuring pollution block by city block.
Melissa Lunden is the chief…
The Harry Potter books and movies seem to have fueled a dramatic rise in the number of owls being traded as pets in Indonesia, a new study concludes.
In the past, conservationists have…
About 1,000 hectares of land around industrial units in Kerman Province will undergo reforestation that’s partially funded by the private sector. The project, which was inaugurated on Wednesday,…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged the G20 states in a newspaper article to work together on continuing climate protection policies such as the 2015 Paris agreement from which the United…
Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome had high levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries signals along and between nerves, according to a study funded in part by…
In the past two decades, the rate of stunting in children under five has decreased by over 50% and underweight in this age bracket has seen a 70% decline, according to a Health Ministry official…
Seventeen percent of Iranians above 18 years of age smoke hookah (water pipe), and the average age for first-time smokers has decreased, research carried out in Tehran has revealed.
Isfahan will take a giant step toward realizing its ambitious goal of becoming a regional medical hub when the second phase of its ‘Healthcare City’ is complete before the fiscal year is out in…
The rate of illiteracy in the 10-49 age group has seen a 2.3% decline over the past four years, with over 1.1 million people educated by the Literacy Movement Organization. Foreign nationals…
A combination of poor salaries, heavy workload and lack of facilities deters many medical graduates from pursuing careers at the coroner’s office. “Many have even passed the forensic medicine exam…
An estimated 1,000 community nursing centers have managed to bring their services to higher standards and qualify for a permit from the Health Ministry.
The World Health Organization declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday. The announcement comes 42 days (two 21-day…
A recent nationwide study shows that the average age of women addicted to narcotics who were involved in high-risk behaviors was 35, said Mohsen Roshan Pajouh, deputy for addiction prevention at…
Aeroflot is the number one airline by seats on long-haul routes between Europe and Asia in summer 2017.
The airline’s capacity on Europe-Asia flights over 4,000 kilometers grew 12% versus…
The revised US travel ban could hit the country's tourism industry upwards of $18 billion over the next few years, Reza Marashi, National Iranian American Council's research director, said in an…
The Foreign Ministry has urged health tourists to apply for visas online and not fall for the tricks of profiteers.
"The fastest way to obtain a health tourism visa is to apply for it…
On average, 55% of Iranian families travel every year, registering some 250 million trips annually, an official at the Statistical Center of Iran said. According to Seyyed Hassan Peyman, 13% of…
The British Airline Pilots Association is warning of catastrophe unless drones are subject to tougher regulation.
The association demanded compulsory registration of drones on Monday after…
Iranian travel agencies that plan to offer FIFA World Cup tour packages next year must offer match tickets to their clients, otherwise they cannot promote the packages as world cup tours.
