Air pollution is costing Iran $8 billion annually with the toll on every family around $113, according to World Bank figures. Managing director of Tehran Vehicle Safety Inspection Headquarters…
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Bus, metro and taxi fares will go up 15% to 20% in the coming year (starts March 21).
Vice-president for women and family affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi announced that 10% of management positions will go to women each year following a proposal to this effect made by her office, ISNA…
The government spends as much as 5 trillion rials ($143 million) per year on providing education to children of foreign refugees and immigrants, most of whom are Afghans, said Abbas Nasrollahi,…
Public buildings account for 70 percent of the total domestic energy consumption, said Alimohammad Shaeri, chairman of the Council for Environment and Sustainable Development.
In the first 7 months of the current year (ends March 20), 53 individuals lost their lives due to consumption of illicitly brewed alcoholic beverages, said Kambiz Soltani Nezhad, a member of the…
A lot of people say that they can’t get through the morning without at least one cup of coffee. And while many people probably refer to the caffeine or to the psychosomatic response the beverage…
Head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Dr. Rasoul Dinarvand has urged private companies in the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry, not to participate in the “Arab health…
‘Paykan taxis will be banned in Tehran streets from next year (starting March 21). Traffic& Transportation Deputy at Tehran Municipality(TM) Jaffar Tashakkori said there are now 6,900 Paykans…
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) volunteers have provided assistance to more than 600 people trapped in snow as the blizzard paralyzed 6 provinces in Iran since Friday, said deputy…
A sum of $ 8.5 million has been allocated for health insurance of drug addicts, Alireza Jazini, secretary general of the anti-drug campaign and the deputy head of the Drug Control Headquarters (…
The ‘Mehr’ Housing project of the previous administration which was meant to solve the housing problems for many has created its own problems. Lack of basic facilities like water, electricity, and…
A new Canadian study finds sitting too much can set you up for some serious health risks even if you’re getting regular amounts of exercise.
Nearly 87% of children under coverage and care of the Sate Welfare Organization (SWO) have one or both parents, and either one or both are addicted or abusive, said Hamid Reza Alvand, SWO’s deputy…
The Iranian Aluminum Company (IRALCO) is planning to turn into a green company by making use of intelligent nano-filters, says the inventor of the technology.
Minister of Education Ali Asghar Fani announced plans for developing culturally suitable social media “to effectively contain the harmful content of outside social networks and mobile messaging…
Head of the Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar said devolving the task of tackling air pollution in the capital to the Tehran Municipality alone is not feasible since the crisis requires…
It is a month now since the Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) took charge of examining the plight of “the biggest house in Tehran”. The organization had…
Admittedly, Iran, the beautiful country on the Persian Gulf, hasn’t had the best press coverage lately. All prejudice aside though: Iran’s magic will haunt you in a wonderful orientalist kind of…
Based on the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), measured by the UK, the share of tourism in Iran’s GDP during 2013 was 2%, according to the Persian daily Forsat-Emruz.
As stated on the…
There were 1.2 million child workers in the country last year, 5,000 of whom received protection from the State Welfare Organization (SWO). The head of the SWO Office of Trauma & Care…
From the next academic year (starting September 23, 2015) ‘life skills’ will be introduced in the undergraduate curriculum.
The ministry of health is pondering ways to facilitate people’s access to hard-to-find medicines. Head of Food and Drug Agency (FDA) Dr. Rasoul Dinarvand said the plan is especially aimed to…
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has directed mobile operators to offer special SIM cards for kids and teenagers within the next six months.
The SIM cards for kids will not…
Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilization and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group of prominent scientists and Nobel laureates said…
