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In a move to familiarize the public with Lut Desert, Iran's first and only natural world heritage site, commemorative stamps depicting various attractions in the vast desert have been issued. The…

Canada has launched a new tourism campaign with the aim of raising the number of international visitors by 30% within the next four years. Called the New Tourism Vision, it sets out a 20-point…

Carriers are bracing for operational chaos at European airports after the Department of Homeland Security said last week it might expand to Europe a ban imposed in March on US-bound flights from…

Because of the rapid development of ecolodges in Iran over the past few years, some have reportedly failed to adhere to the official guidelines.  

All museums managed by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will charge no admission on Thursday (May 18) to commemorate World Museum Day. In addition, historical sites…

Travel experts unanimously believe there is hardly a better way to learn about the local culture of a place than by experiencing its food and dining customs.

A growing number of…

The earthquake on Saturday measuring 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale and its aftershocks over the following days (26 till Sunday morning) has damaged 40% of residential buildings in Bojnurd…

New research suggests that aspirin may not be as effective as previously believed for treating patients with atrial fibrillation. In fact, for patients who had a catheter ablation to lower their…

Preschool education of children in deprived regions has increased by nearly 30% in the past four years according to an official at the Education Ministry.

Rokhsareh Fazli, director of the…

Over one million couples wanting to tie the knot were granted wedding loans by state banks over the past calendar year that ended in March, according to the deputy minister of sports and youth…

A second case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Nearly 1800 to 2000 Iranians are detained in foreign prisons. “The figure is based on information gathered from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and our embassies abroad…

A 120-bed hospital opened in District 15 of Tehran Municipality in the presence of Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, on Monday. Established on land area of 9,000 sq meters, the ‘Shohada-ye…

A total of 590 hospitals have been connected to the national Electronic Health Record (EHR) system (abbreviated as ‘SEPAS’ in Persian), said Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi.

The opening ceremony of the National No Tobacco Week, to coincide with the World No Tobacco Day (May 31), will be held at the Health Ministry premises in Tehran and attended by senior officials.…

The seven big cats that went extinct toward the end of the last Ice Age, including several saber-toothed cats, are those which lost the biggest proportion of their prey. That's the conclusion…

Global temperatures could rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2026 if the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation shifts into a positive phase.

Airborne dust is normally seen as an environmental problem, but the lack of it is making air pollution over China considerably worse.

A new study, published in the journal Nature…

Iran's Department of Environment on Sunday launched a countrywide air quality monitoring system to provide real-time and detailed data, such as air quality index and concentration of the six main…

Scientists have discovered a whopping 467 million hectares of previously unreported forest scattered around the world, a finding that they say could have a big impact on global carbon budgeting…

A year after floods inflicted hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to urban and rural structures, including parks and farms, in Dezful, Khuzestan Province, the government has made 15…

A total of 2,071 applications were registered at the Tehran Province’s Central Forensic Medicine last year (ended March 20) seeking permission for therapeutic abortion. Statistics indicate a 6.3%…

While it’s estimated at least one in 10 teens in the US suffers from depression at some point, few will use the word “depressed” to describe negative emotions hanging over them.

An explosion on Saturday nearby the Borj-e-Ahmadi District in Qasr-e Shirin County in the western part of Kermanshah Province, “was part of landmine clearing operations,” said Faramarz Akbari, the…

Transmission of mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika, occur at lower temperatures than previously thought, a recently released study co-authored by two South Florida University researchers shows…