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Lake Zerivar will be registered as a wetland in Ramsar International Convention and would be on the list of international wetlands by the end of current year (March 20), said Abdolvahid Riazifar,…
The 46th provincial program of Iran’s Nature Cleaners took place in Toushan Village in Gorgan, Golestan Province, on January 23 with the participation of over 60 eco-friendly citizens. The group…
Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has issued a directive allowing new Scania buses to be registered. During a recent visit to a Scania bus factory in the central province of Semnan,…
Spain drew a record number of foreign visitors between June and September, 2014, the peak summer holiday period, making its best-ever year for tourism, and showing 7.4 percent growth over the same…
The country’s handicrafts industry is expected to receive a boost next year, announced the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), Massoud Soltanifar.…
Persepolis museum will open in two months, Mehr News quoted the supervisor of Persepolis World Heritage Center Masud Rezaee-Monfared as saying. The displays, electric glass casing, and air…
Forecasts indicate that low precipitation in the country will be 11 times worse than the current situation till the year 2050, warned Masumeh Ebtekar, head of the Department of Environment (DoE…
While 70% of available drinking water in the market is mineral water, 30% is “packaged” drinking water and this difference has been mentioned on the labels, Peiman Forouhar, secretary of mineral…
There are no plans to legalize corporal punishment in schools. Culture deputy at the ministry of education Hamid Reza Kaffash said “there are no plans to physically discipline school children but…
Some vaccine makers are charging too much for life-saving immunizations sold in poor countries, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
The Social Welfare Organization (SWO) should announce the exact number of children without birth certificates in the country. Only then can the relevant organizations propose a bill to address the…
The Turkoman horse, or Turkmene, is an oriental horse breed from the steppes of Central Asia, now thought to be extinct in its pure form. They influenced many other horse breeds, including the…
Nearly 4600 deaths as a result of air pollution have been recorded in the current year (ends March 20) according to head of Tehran City Council commission on health and environment Rahmatollah…
During the first 9 months of the current year (ending March 20) 60 drug gangs were broken up in the capital Tehran. Deputy Chief of Tehran Police Brigadier General Qader Karimi said “in an…
Under the auspices of Pasargad Cultural Heritage Advocates Association, ‘Khersi’ (Bear) is introduced to the tourism industry to promote biodiversity of Pasargad county, Fars Province, CHN…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has nine centers across the world, responsible to introduce, register, and protect instances of intangible heritage.…
Before becoming an attorney and then the vice-president for women and family affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi was a researcher and women’s rights activist.
Lake Urumia’s water surface has risen by 47 cm (about a half meter) now compared to the beginning of the current water year (started October 1), Mehrang Dousti Rezaei, head of the water research…
It’s hard to draw a clear line between health warnings and smoking. Research from the University of Bristol using eye-tracking equipment shows that smokers avoid looking at health warnings.…
A monthly grant of $50 will be given to qualified parents who are not well-off financially in exchange for caring and keeping a child from dysfunctional families, said the deputy for children and…
The deputy director of the Center for Communicable Diseases at the ministry of health, has warned about the first wave of “Influenza virus B” in the country and said “high risks groups should take…
The White Bridge which is one of the oldest bridges in Iran is hosting migratory birds these days providing a beautiful view of the River Karun.
Iranians need to start believing that breaking bad eating habits, which are actually shortening their lives, is very essential, experts say.
Iranian cuisine, usually high in salt,…
A new study by researchers at the US Pew Research Center and Rutgers University found that frequent Internet and social-media users do not have higher stress levels than those who use technology…
