Earlier this week, the Department of Environment hosted its first national technical meeting focused solely on the conservation of birds of prey. Over 50 delegates from all 31 provinces…
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More than two million migratory birds were killed in Cyprus last autumn to feed an illicit taste for the delicacy on the Mediterranean island, conservation group Birdlife Cyprus announced last…
Ponds in the Arctic tundra are shrinking and slowly disappearing, according to a new study, Science Daily reported. More than 2,800 Arctic tundra ponds in the northern region of Alaska's Barrow…
The Literacy Movement Organization (LMO) - established on a decree of the father of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini in January 1980 - has helped boost literacy rates in the country. However,…
Successful implementation of the ‘Health Reform Plan’ hinges on the support of the insurance sector, a lawmaker said.
The US National Institute of Health (NIH) may relocate its clinical trials of Ebola vaccines to Guinea, since there are no longer enough Ebola cases in Liberia for a proper efficacy trial.
Egypt is to unveil plans for a vast new privately funded administrative capital for seven million residents that would extend Cairo eastwards to the coast of the Red Sea.
The World Kidney Day is observed annually on the second Thursday in March. Kidney diseases are silent killers, which largely affect the quality of life; however there are several easy ways to…
Iranian markets are not open to products that don’t contribute to people’s health, and this is the reason for greater restrictions on imports of nutritional supplements, said Dr. Rasoul Dinarvand…
Advertisements through SMS are often unwanted messages from companies bringing their latest offers to the customer. Fortunately people have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving any more text…
The implementation of thalassemia prevention programs has helped reduce the disease in newborns from 1000 cases in 1979 to 200 cases in 2014, said Fatemeh Hashemi, head of the national thalassemia…
Air pollution and traffic jams have become inseparable parts of Tehran to the extent that it is difficult to talk about the Iranian capital without mentioning one of those two factors. Residents…
The government is planning to offer “a protective package” to secure women’s employment in the labor market, which includes flexible working hours (instead of reducing it), kindergartens in…
More people than ever before are living alone. Some people are better at this than others; they thrive on “alone time,” and seem perfectly happy flying solo at the movies, restaurants and on…
Saudi Arabia reported 19 confirmed new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) corona virus cases in the capital, Al-Qassim, and Jeddah, among 11 males and eight females in the last week, said its…
The inaccuracy of weather forecasts also has personal implications for people around the world, leaving them stranded without umbrellas, snowed in, or stuck in airports.
Iran has signed several agreements with universities in Thailand, Australia and Canada in the fields of nanotechnology.
The Supreme Council of Education has not approved legislation on bilingual education programs in schools; therefore private bilingual schools are illegal, said Mojtaba Zeinivand, director general…
About 15% of the country’s population lives with some form of disability. Currently 1.5 to 2 million individuals suffers “severe and very severe disabilities,” said Yahya Sokhanguee, deputy of…
The theme for the World Health Day 2015 (April 7) is food safety, said Dr. Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Prior to Nowruz celebrations and over the holidays, seven historical sites in Tehran have been chosen as icons of different periods of Tehran’s history.
Outbound tourism from China is to swamp the world by 2019 with a wave of 174 million Chinese with $264 billion to spend on overseas shopping, according to a report from Bank of America Merrill…
Following heavy floods in the south and southeastern provinces in Iran, which killed three and displaced hundreds of people, search and rescue teams are providing food, clothing and shelter to…
The rising tide of Islamophobia in the UK, stoked by the mainstream media, poses a direct threat to the country’s $190 billion tourism economy and Muslim investment in Britain, experts warn.
Iranian airline Mahan Air has launched direct flights to the German city of Munich from Tehran. Starting this month the initial service will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays, and will…
