During the first two weeks of the holy month of Ramadan, 11,437 units of blood were donated by Tehranis. “The Tehran Blood Transfusion Center is open till 2am in the morning till the end of…
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Any breach of medical tariffs and imposition of extra costs on patients can be reported to the Health Ministry’s hotline 190.
Over 230,000 people from a population of close to 80 million are currently serving prison terms in the country, a steep rise compared with the previous decades. In 1979, there were only 8,000…
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Khalkhal in the northwest Ardebil Province early Tuesday at 4:30 am. The quake’s epicenter was five km from Khalkhal and was…
Unnecessary regulations imposed by Iran’s tourism body are preventing the growth of online tourism businesses that have already received permits from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance,…
The latest results from the Air Travelers’ Traffic Barometer produced by European Cities Marketing and ForwardKeys highlight the persistence of recovery for international arrivals in Europe in the…
More than 45,000 Ukrainian nationals had crossed the European Union border with no visas in their biometric passports by June 25 after the EU started to implement the visa-free travel regime for…
Britons between 18 and 25 years are choosing to learn new cultures over relaxing during this summer’s travels and have been found to be among the least adventurous in Europe—with 40% choosing…
The ancient city of Meybod in Yazd Province is vying for a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2020, the head of the provincial office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism…
The first Tehran-Brussels route operated by an Iranian airline was officially launched on Tuesday.
The service is offered once a week by Qeshm Air, but it could increase to three weekly…
A four-star hotel in Kish was scheduled for inauguration on Tuesday, which would increase the number of hotels on the popular Persian Gulf island to 48. “With 160 rooms and 460 beds, the hotel’s…
Data released by Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters (IDCH) last year (ended March 20), show that 3,190 people lost their lives due to drug abuse, and the figure has increased by 6.2% compared to the…
Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a plan to the Supreme Council of Health which seeks to monitor sodium levels in restaurant menus. The proposal is intended to complement…
The governor of Tehran has asserted that no case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has so far been found in the province.
Last week, 72 residents of Khash city in Sistan-Baluchestan Province rushed to the Imam-Khomeini Hospital complaining of “life-threatening allergic reaction” to a pungent odor that smelled like…
The crisis management council of Semnan Province has declared Thursdays off for state organizations and increased working hours during weekdays (from 2:30 to 3:45 pm) in an attempt to reduce…
Over the past month, 12 children with acute heart problems, who were in the waitlist for organ transplantation, got a fresh lease of life after receiving the organ from brain-dead/deceased donors…
Vaccination of hajj pilgrims against communicable diseases and infections, particularly respiratory, will begin from next week, said deputy of the Hajj Medical Center at Iran’s Red Crescent…
Western Tehran police forces have seized 3.5 tons of drugs and snared 19 drug distribution gangs over the past three months. The amount of seized narcotics, including opium, morphine,…
Tehran experienced the highest air quality in the Iranian month of Khordad (May 22–June 21) in the past six years, data on Tehran Municipality’s air quality website showed.
A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data obtained by WWF under freedom of information rules.
The implementation of a plan to turn Hendurabi Island in the Persian Gulf into a tourist resort–or the “Island of Peace” as the advocates of the scheme call it–has resumed a year after it was put…
Norway told visiting Brazilian President Michel Temer on Friday that it would slash its payments to help safeguard the Amazon rainforest in 2017 by more than half to about $35 million because of a…
Helicopters in Iran repurposed for combating wildfires are not efficient enough to extinguish huge forest fires as they were not originally designed for the purpose, the deputy head of Protection…
The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains by 2030 but scientists say the company is not moving fast enough to stop its hamburgers from destroying…
