Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has thrown its support behind a scheme to introduce school winter holiday, arguing that it will help boost domestic travel.
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Two historical houses in Lar, a city in Fars Province, have been demolished illegally, said the head of the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.…
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A large number of youth are reluctant to get married due to the weak financial status of the main family breadwinner (the father), a recent study by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) has…
Burn patients in Iran are faced with enormous challenges due to inadequate medical facilities and insurance coverage.
The rate of burn incidents is eight times the global average as per…
Representatives from the Triangular Initiative (TI) countries - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan - recently got together for the first time with representatives from Africa and Indian…
More Iranians are using services offered by cosmetic and restorative dentistry, said Dr Mahyar Shahbazi, member of the Iranian Academy of Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry.
The rate of literacy among Iranians between 10-49 years has reached 94.7% over the last five years, from 92.4% in 2011, said Ali Baqerzadeh, head of the Literacy Movement Organization (LMO).
This year’s celebrations known as ‘Chaharshanbe Suri’ of the last Tuesday of the outgoing Iranian year, was the most peaceful in the past decade with the rate of calls to police or emergency…
Funds amounting to $45 million (1,717 billion rials) were allocated as compensation for flood damage and loss in the southeastern Bushehr Province, said Qasem Qaedi, general governor on Wednesday…
Carbonated or fizzy drinks are one of the most-consumed beverages in the country. A recent survey conducted by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) indicated that 50.8% of Iranians above the…
The logging of trees in the Caspian Hyrcanian forests has dropped by 8% during the current Iranian year—which ends on March 20—compared to the previous year.
The Department of Environment has prepared comprehensive plans to protect six endangered species in Iran.
Iran is home to 74 threatened and endangered species, and the goal is to devise…
Having children can increase life expectancy, especially in old age, a new study has found.
Parents aged 60 may live up to two years longer than their childless counterparts,…
Many Iranian children are well above the normal weight for their age and height. From among every 10 children in different age groups, 3.5 are obese (have a BMI of over 30).
Staff at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization research center have successfully produced radiation sources for brachytherapy to treat cancer and brain tumors.
Brachytherapy is a form of…
A premarital education application for smartphones will be released in early April by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. “This application will have information on reproductive health and…
The Iranian Physiotherapy Association (IPTA) will implement a screening program for skeletal and muscular diseases in all children in kindergartens across the country, based on a memorandum of…
Ten hospitals with 1,200 hospital beds will be established by September 2017, by the Health Ministry in cooperation with Barekat Foundation (affiliated to Setad which is a special office for…
Children who consume more fast food grow up to having a lower IQ than those who regularly eat freshly-cooked meals, said nutrition expert Dr Zahra Soleimani. “Fast foods have lower nutrition value…
Around 30% of Iranians suffer from some kind of sleep disorder, however only in 10% “it is constant and chronic,” said Dr Khosrow Sadeqniat, secretary of Iranian Sleep Association on Tuesday, on…
Iran is to present the country’s rich tourism potentials at the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone, said a senior official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
Since…
