Karen Shakhnazarov, the Russian director of ‘Assassin of the Tsar’, is among the guests of this year’s Fajr International Film Festival. His film is screened in the Classics Preserved section.…
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Governor of Isfahan Province Rasul Zargarpur visited a series of touristic attractions in Aran-o-Bidgol County, including Maranjab Caravanserai and Salt Lake in Maranjab desert. In his visit the…
The level of Urmia Lake is currently 20 centimeters lower than the target set for the end of the water year (Sept. 22), an official involved in Urmia Lake Restoration Program said.
Electrofishing in Hour al-Azim Wetland in Khuzestan Province is one of the major threats facing the wetland's biodiversity, along with climate change and oil pollution.
Abolfazl Abesht,…
Water has been released into the imperiled Qurigol Lake located in the northwestern East Azarbaijan Province earlier than the past years due to its critical condition.
A mobile app launched on Tuesday will allow indigenous people, forest managers and law-enforcement officials in remote areas to monitor deforestation and fires, regardless of connectivity,…
Tehran's office of the Department of Environment is cooperating with the provincial Islamic Propagation Organization to encourage the use of biodegradable disposable dishes during the month of…
A five-year plan to empower the youth in environmental areas is to be drawn up jointly by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and the Department of Environment, said Mahnaz Mazaheri, deputy…
The explosion of cell phone use in Iran has compelled operators to buy and lease as many locations as they possibly can across metropolises and towns, namely in the sprawling capital.
Research suggests that ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death among Iranian women, president of the Iranian Society of Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Azam Sadat Mousavi, said.
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The Health Ministry has sent a directive to schools across the country banning them from selling junk food.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi said Friday that Tehran’s subway will soon get 1,000 new rail cars, but did not say when.
He made the remark while riding on the metro on the…
An earthquake measuring 4.8 degrees on the Richter scale shook Hojdak city in Ravar County of southeastern Kerman Province at 22:58 pm on Thursday. No casualties were reported.
The quake…
A gas explosion in a guesthouse near the mausoleum of Fatima Massumeh (PBUH) in Qom killed five people and injured 16 on Thursday. The explosion was caused by a pilgrim mishandling a…
The results of a study conducted by Tehran Air Quality Control Company on the fuel quality show that the gasoline supplied by gas stations during the summer (June 22- September 22) contained low…
The use of antidepressants has been on the rise for many years. Between two to eight percent of pregnant women globally are on antidepressants. Now researchers from the National Centre for…
International tourism to the US fell significantly in early 2017, especially among European travelers and travel experts are blaming the anti-immigrant agenda of the administration of US…
Kish Shipping Company has recently launched marine tours to develop tourism in the Persian Gulf.
According to Morteza Kamali, the head of the company, KSC's watercrafts used to carry…
The number of overseas visitors to the UK topped four million in July for the first time, official figures show.
Travelers to the UK spent £2.75 billion on their visits, the Office for…
The number of ecolodges across Isfahan Province has reached a record number of 208 in 17 counties and over 50 licenses for such traditional accommodations are also to be issued soon.
Tourists from 11 countries are expected to arrive in Iran on September 23 by the newly-launched tourism train named "1001 Nights", an official of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said.
Eastern Airways flights are now bookable at Flybe.com following a new five-year franchise agreement. Anyone wishing to fly with the Humberside Airport-based regional airline from October 29…
Avoiding continuous dieting may be the key to losing weight and keeping the kilos off, the latest University of Tasmania research shows.
Less than a month after taking office as mayor of the overcrowded capital, Mohammad Ali Najafi on Tuesday took a first major step to ease living conditions in the huge metropolis. He ordered an…
Iran has been declared one of the best performing countries in tackling non-communicable disease by the World Health Organization in its latest Non-Communicable Diseases Progress Monitor 2017…
