The last three decades have been golden years for women’s education in Iran. The number of women at universities has tripled. Women, who comprised merely 31% of university students in 1977, went…
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Plenty of cyber crimes are economically motivated, and 99% of them are committed by online stores that lack trust seals; therefore customers should ensure that such seals exist at the time of…
In the past 10 days, an unidentified disease has claimed the lives of at least 14 people in a small community in the Nigerian state of Ondo. The illness is being described as “worse than Ebola”…
The death of nine newborns in Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran last month was not due to hospital infection. Dr. Sadaf Alipour, treatment deputy at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, said…
A plan to overhaul high school majors has been drafted and is awaiting approval of the Supreme Council of Education. Head of the curriculum and research office at the ministry of education,…
The global architectural award program ‘The Architizer A+Awards’ has selected Iran’s Tabiat (Nature) Bridge as one of the winners in the +engineering category.
Now in its third year, the ‘…
A variety of programs will keep school children busy this summer with 20,000 ‘summer bases’ to be set up across the country.
More than 300 historical buildings have been identified for modern lighting techniques, said Jamal Kamyab, head of Tehran Municipality’s Beautification Organization.
The lighting techniques…
A national plan for youth will be unveiled next week to address various issues facing young people.
Chalous road which was closed for a week due to landslides caused by heavy, prolonged rainfall across the region is open now, said Col. Nader Rahmani adding that “however, movement of buses,…
Ten crisis management bases will be launched in Tehran this year to educate citizens -including children and adolescents - on effective ways to deal with a potential earthquake in the capital.…
A new poll says that 60% of young people in Iran are willing to have only two children at the most. The survey conducted by the Statistical Center of Iran sought to observe the emerging trends in…
A global review finds children who take part in school-based programs designed to prevent sexual abuse are more likely to report it to an adult than children who have received no such education.…
Women play a significant role in the labor market and must be valued as an important segment of social welfare. About 20 percent of the population covered by insurance of the Social Security…
With a monthly payment of $55, housewives can be covered by insurance services, IRNA quoted Seyed Taghi Nourbakhsh, head of the Social Security Organization (SSO), as saying.
“For now, the…
The flooding of the Haraz River has not been witnessed in the last 40 years, said Seyed Musa Hosseini, director of water distribution, Amol and Mahmoudabad cities in Mazandaran…
Based on a scheme introduced by the ministry of labor and welfare, nearly 5 million people who are without a retirement plan will be able to receive pension. Head of the social security office at…
Think again before you pop a painkiller as researchers have found that along with pain, they can also reduce pleasure, something you may not want your drug to do.
Acetaminophen, a common…
Iran police seized 15.5 tons of drugs in the capital Tehran during the past year (ended March 20) in addition to identifying and closing numerous meth laboratories.
Nearly 1,300 knowledge-based businesses in the country are exempted from tax payment which is due in the last week of June, according to Dr. Sorena Sattari, vice-president for science and…
The Iranian Amateur Astronomy Society (IAAS) has proposed a five-minute power outage to encourage Iranians to celebrate the beauty of the night sky on one night of the International Dark Sky Week…
Cavernous excavations from the initial phases of building constructions in Tehran have become a source of potential hazard in the metropolis.
“A number of gaping excavations are left…
Aerobic exercise and Pilates are women’s top favorite sports in Tehran. Zahra Kheiandish, women’s sport’s deputy at Tehran Municipality, said teenage girls also favor games such as basketball and…
During last year’s fall and winter seasons, the number of flu cases were three times more than usual, said Dr. Mahmoud Nabavi, head of the health ministry’s center for communicable diseases. Delay…
The historical Ruins of Persepolis in Shiraz, Fars Province was crowned Travelers’ Choice 2014 Winner on the Tripadvisor travel site. The competition is based on travelers’ feedback and…
