Fire burned over 25 hectares of woodlands in Gachsaran County, Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province, during the past three days, the head of the provincial office of the Department of Environment said…
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The preemptive restoration efforts on the once imperiled Urmia Lake in East Azarbaijan Province have been effective and the lake will reach ecological balance by 2030, said the head of national…
A climate research expedition was halted by climate change.
On the first leg of a 133-day voyage through Hudson Bay, a team of Canadian scientists faced an obstacle: too much ice.
To combat whiteflies, which have besieged the Iranian capital of Tehran for the past three years, all control measures were taken last winter to take effect in the upcoming summer, said the head…
As some 1.4 million people in Europe and Central Asia die prematurely each year from polluted environments, theUnited Nations agency heads in a high-level meeting called for regional leaders to…
Travelers to Georgia should avoid carrying medications as the country has strict rules for sedatives and pain killers. Carrying medications is banned even when travelers have a physician’s…
Research conducted in 12 provinces by the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, indicates that pregnant women suffer…
About 30% of Iranian children are obese, according to head of epidemiology at the Health Ministry’s endocrinology research center.
“Physical activity has dramatically declined among today’s…
The widespread tendency among couples to opt for a single child is a serious challenge to the national population policy.
Around 19% of Iranian families have one child. The total fertility…
A report released recently by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said 99% of Iranians above the age of 60 have been married once in their lifetime.
Currently, 9% of men aged 60 and above…
The president of Rare Diseases Foundation of Iran called for special support to patients with Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), given its increasing incidence in the country.
“Based on our…
More people worldwide are dying from obesity-related causes than ever before, a new study indicates.
Between 1990 and 2015, the global rate of death related to high body mass index (BMI)…
Steady diet of fast foods and low physical activity can cause the silent killer disease of ‘fatty liver’.
In its latest move aimed at cutting down on excessive visitor numbers, the Venice mayor's office on Thursday gave the green light to a ban on new tourist accommodation in the city's historic…
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has reiterated the illegality of refusing single women rooms at hotels and other lodging facilities.
Qatar Airways struck a defiant tone and vowed to continue expanding, even as its state owner gets punished by neighboring countries in an escalating political standoff that’s threatening to choke…
Nepal Airlines Corporation on Monday cleared around €10,000 in outstanding dues to Iran for using the country's airspace to reach Qatar’s capital Doha.
The payment was settled through an…
Terror attacks that rocked Tehran on Wednesday have had no impact on foreign tourists, the secretary of Iranian Tour Operators' Association said.
Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Seyyed Hadi…
Four British airports are among the worst 10 in the world, according to new rankings.
Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted are in the bottom five in the AirHelp ranking that looks at…
Direct flights will be launched between Bushehr in southwestern Iran and Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, on June 28, the head of the Bushehr Province's office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts…
The Food and Drug Administration has issued permits for production of 700 traditional medications, according to the head of Traditional Medicine School at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences…
A plan has been developed to help address the problem of shortage of nurses. Final-year nursing students must compulsorily work for a year at hospitals before graduation.
Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said on Sunday that Congo Fever in Iran is fully under control and the rate of the infection has subdued compared to a few weeks ago.
An Iranian researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has successfully developed a smart system for mobile phones to control hypertension (blood pressure) in elderly people.
The rate of addiction is very high among families with children in forced labor, said Sara Rezayi, a senior member of Society of Students against Poverty (known as Imam Ali Relief Society). “There…
