Singapore Airlines posted a surprise loss during the first three months to March, as the carrier battled “intense competition” in the marketplace. Faced with rising cost pressures and the…
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Mosfazafan Foundation, which won a court ruling last month that named it “the rightful owner” of Niavaran and Sa’dabad palace complexes, is unlikely to fight an appeal by Iran’s Cultural Heritage…
The number of private museums in Iran has reached 83, an official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.
An official online portal has been launched that allows for easy booking of tickets for passenger and tourist trains.
A passenger train travels on schedule, moving from one location to the…
European authorities are still resisting a US initiative to expand a laptop ban in airline cabins by questioning the potential safety risks, according to three people with knowledge of the…
People who are obese run an increased risk of heart failure and stroke even if they appear healthy, without the obvious warning signs such as high blood pressure or diabetes, according to a major…
Iran Autism Association provides educational and support services to 1,030 children in Tehran and 130 children in other provinces. The society aims to identify all kids living with autism in the…
The directive on granting paid leave to women who adopt children under the age of three has come into effect, announced Mohammad Nafarieh, director general of Children and Adolescents at the State…
Surgeons have found a new method to treat Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction, said head of the Iranian Neuro-Urology Society.
“In this method there is no need for urinary catheterization to…
Explosion of a land mine, a remnant of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, in a rural area in Qasr-e-Shirin County in Kermanshah Province, injured one person on Monday.
The biggest and best equipped pediatric hospital in the northwestern part of the country opened in Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province on Wednesday, in the presence of Health Minister…
The number of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases in the country has seen a 15-fold rise over the past decades.
“At present, 50,000 people suffer from the disease, said Dr Reza…
One of the main priorities of the Rouhani administration is to increase Internet access particularly in rural and remote regions by developing telecommunication infrastructure.
The…
One of the world's rarest penguins is under threat of extinction, researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago say.
In parts of the coastal South Island habitat, yellow-eyed penguin…
Over 40% of imperiled Hamoun Wetlands in Sistan-Baluchestan Province have been revived since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21), the head of the provincial Department of…
The amount of natural gas flaring at Iran's refineries will reach zero by 2019, the country's top environment chief predicted.
Scientists from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven in Belgium have developed a device that filters polluted air and, through that process, produces energy. The device is a two-roomed…
People over the age of 60 currently make up 9.5% (7.6 million) of Iran’s population of 80 million. With the aim to improve quality of life of the elderly, a national document has been developed by…
A ceremony to mark the start of construction work on Iran’s first ion therapy center was held on Monday in Karaj, capital of Alborz Province.
The Middle East’s protracted conflicts have caused a region-wide health crisis that goes beyond war wounds to heightened resistance to antibiotics and a collapse in vaccination drives, leading to…
Since the beginning the current year (started March 20), 24 social emergency centers have been established in provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, Gilan, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Kerman and Tehran (…
Over 470 local and 180 foreign companies from Europe, Japan and South Korea are participating in the 20th Iran Health International Exhibition currently underway at Tehran permanent international…
The conference ‘Youth and Healthy Communication’ marked the conclusion of National Youth Week (May 8-15) on Monday.
The event aimed to promote healthy relationships and social connections…
Iranian coast guards seized over 685 kilograms of heroin en route to Jordan, said Saeed Komeili, commander of Border Guards Headquarters located in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan…
More than 3,000 adolescents die every day, totaling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
