Malaysia has seized 18 rhino horns, bringing Asia’s total to six seizures within one short month and underlining illegal trade’s continued onslaught on rhinos. Royal Malaysian Customs confiscated…
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A water transfer project aimed at restoring the imperiled Miyankaleh Wetland in Mazandaran Province was officially inaugurated on Tuesday.
One of the 613 international biosphere reserves,…
The Energy Ministry has promised to supply water required for anti-desertification projects in Khuzestan, as the oil-rich province struggles with severe drought and sandstorms.
“Any amount…
A top official at the Department of Environment has urged voters to elect those with relevant technical expertise and educational background to city councils.
City council elections in Iran…
The UK government must publish delayed plans on how it will cut greenhouse gas emissions or face legal action, campaigners warned on Tuesday.
In a letter to Britain’s Climate Change and…
A primitive Amazonian tribe appears to have the best heart health in the world, living a simple existence that inadvertently provides them extraordinary protection against heart disease,…
Tooth decay remains one of the most common chronic diseases among Iranians. On average, every Iranian has more than two decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMF) while the global average is 1.8.
Prenatal screening for congenital and genetic diseases helps would-be mothers feel less stressed about their baby’s health and prepares them for better child delivery.
A total of 4,737 packages of dressing materials and bandages are provided to patients with EB (Epidermolysis bullosa) across Iran every month by the EB House in Tehran, according to its manager…
Iranians celebrated Father’s Day on Tuesday on the occasion marking the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS), the first Shia Imam. It is a day to honor the status of fathers in the family.
Each Iranian annually consumes 42 liters of carbonated drinks, says Dr. Susan Fadaee, nutritionist and researcher at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. “Over the past 20 years the rate of…
An earthquake measuring 4.4 degrees on the Richter scale jolted Zarand in the northern part of Kerman Province, early Tuesday. According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the…
TripAdvisor has released a list of top 10 airlines as reviewed by its users and Emirates, the world's largest airline, has been named as the best.
The travel site, known for its consumer…
A two-millennia-old subterranean city has been unearthed in Samen, Hamedan Province, after more than a decade of excavations.
The city, located 400 km west of Tehran—provisionally dubbed…
Preliminary studies by cultural heritage experts show the area in Fahraj County, Kerman Province, uncovered by powerful sand storms is historical.
A dust and sand storm in late March…
United Airlines sparked outrage on Monday for the treatment of a passenger who was physically dragged off a plane the airline had overbooked and one of the security officers involved in the…
The German city of Bonn will hold an exhibition showcasing ancient Iranian artifacts dating back to seventh millennium BC later this week, said the director of Iran's Museums and Historical…
Top Iranian and Japanese cultural heritage officials signed an agreement in Tokyo on Saturday to boost cooperation on the protection of cultural heritage.
Exposure to environmental pollutants kills 1.7 million children under the age of five each year, according to two new reports released by the World Health Organization. Worldwide, more than one in…
There are 39 level-I and-II trauma centers in the country but more are needed, said a senior official at the Health Ministry.
A trauma center is a hospital (or hospital ward) equipped and…
The only blood product center in Tehran has a high average travel time to health centers and is in dire need of relocation, says Dr. Ali Akbar Pourfathollah, head of Iranian Blood Transfusion…
Explosion of a landmine, a remnant of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, killed a 17-year-old boy in a rural area in Fakeh region in Shush, north of Khuzestan Province on Friday afternoon. The young…
The rate of depression has increased by 50% globally over the past two decades, said Dr. Ahmad Hajebi, head of the Health Ministry’s Mental and Social Health Office.
The 33rd Iranian Congress of Radiology and the 14th Iranian Congress of Radiographic Science Association will be held May 9-12 at Milad Tower Conference Hall in northwest Tehran.
Tourism to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan saw a 6% increase during the Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 21-April 2), said the head of the provincial office of Iran's…
