About 60 new hearses will be allocated to cemeteries of small or deprived towns in the country, said Ghodratollah Ghanbarian, head of Iran Association of Cemeteries. A budget of 80 billion rials…
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Tehran will host the 3rd International Exhibition of Transportation and Rail Industry, May 19-22.
The four-day event will bring together organizations, institutions, and foreign as well as…
Specific 16-digit codes have been assigned to 210 farmers across the country, said Mohsen Assar, an official at the Plant Protection Organization, adding that if adequate funds are allocated, the…
The main concerns of Iranian youth today include the high divorce rate, rise in average marriage age and a couple’s unwillingness to have children, said Mahmoud Golzari, deputy minister of sports…
A strong earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook the non-residential island of Hendurabi in southern Bandar-e Abbas, Hormuzgan Province Monday morning. According to the…
A joint venture between MAPNA and Heyat Omana Arzi (HOA - literally: board of trustees) to import essential goods and equipment for local hospitals, was announced by the ministry of health and…
The budget for implementing the hike in salaries of teachers this year (started March 21) following the approval of the plan to evaluate teachers, will incur $397 million and the amount will be…
A study from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health finds students with standing desks are more attentive than their seated counterparts. In fact, preliminary results show…
A women’s rights activist believes that the home-based job market has not been successful “as there is poor coordination between the administration and the public.”
The government should…
In a meeting held on Sunday at the Department of Environment (DoE) headquarters in Tehran’s Pardisan Park, department head Masoumeh Ebtekar signed a memorandum of understanding with Gian Luca…
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has voiced readiness to cooperate in...
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Zahreh region in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Sunday.
According to the Seismography Center of Tehran University’s…
The International Conference of Migration Patterns, Consequences, and Policies will be held in Tehran in October.
Malaria kills a child somewhere in the world every minute. It infects approximately 219 million people each year (a range of 154 – 289 million), with an estimated 66,000 deaths, mostly…
Studies have shown that 40% of people with hay fever suffer from asthma sometime in their lives, said Mohammad Reza Fazlollahi, a faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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A well-intentioned ‘matchmaking’ program that is to be launched in the current calendar year (started March 21) has, however, sparked criticism among some experts and the public.
Mahmoud…
Life expectancy in Iran is 62.8 years according to the latest statistics, said Health Minister Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi.
“If we succeed in controlling diseases, we will be able to…
Intra-school sports competitions have been programmed to encourage dynamism and prevent childhood obesity in students, said Hossein Babooyi, deputy of sport affairs at the education ministry.…
A woman, 48, threw herself down from the 4th floor lobby of Milad Tower in Tehran, on Thursday, Khabaronline reported. According to the police report, the accident occurred at 9:43 am. The motive…
In the last Iranian year (ended March 20), several steps were taken by the health ministry to fight tobacco consumption, but unfortunately, the “deceptions of importers, manufacturers and…
Switzerland leads the list of the world’s happiest countries this year followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, says the World Happiness Report…
Drug addicts account for 40% of minor crimes in the country including drug dealing, pick-pocketing, and petty thefts; therefore they can create insecurity in the community, said Alireza Jazini,…
An electronic health record will be devised for every person by the end of the current administration’s term in office, says Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr. Hassan Hashemi.
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The ceiling on tuition fees in private primary schools for the next academic year (starts September 23), is $1500, said Marzieh Gard, head of private schools organization, adding that violators…
Nearly 7% of all traffic offenses in the last year (ended March 20), were in particular related to running the red light, said Col. Alireza Jahangiri, Tehran traffic police chief. The fine…
