Schemes have been devised to provide insurance cover for all nomads and villagers by 2016, Vice-President for Development of Rural and Underserved Areas, Abolfazl Razavi, said Monday.
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Half of the world’s water desalination plants are active in the Persian Gulf, said Hassan Mohammadi, coordinator of the Regional Organization for Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME).
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At the beginning of the current water year (started October 1), the water level in Lake Urumia was 1270.15 meters, and it has now reached 1270.57 meters, due to the recent rainfall, said Mehrang…
During the first 7 months of the calendar year (started March 21), 809 people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Tehran, the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said. While in the…
Hundreds of Iranian knowledge-based products in the field of herbal medicines will be displayed at the Great Exhibition of Technology in China.
Deputy for International Affairs and…
WIN (Worldwide Independent Network) /Gallup International, the world’s leading association in market research and polling, on Wednesday (Dec 31) published its 38th End of Year Survey exploring the…
Organic farming covers 41,000 hectares of agricultural land and 39,000 hectares of “natural landscapes” in the country and half of the produce is exported, said secretary of Iran Organic…
The increasing animal attacks on people and livestock is the result of the consecutive years of drought in the province and across the country, said Hamidreza Salehi, head of the Technical Work…
From airborne particles to stationary sources like power plants and petroleum refineries, a myriad of reasons have been cited for the air pollution crisis in Tehran - a problem that has…
Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) opened its official social network, CHTN quoted public relations office of ICHHTO Dr Hamid Ziaeeparvar as saying. The site…
As an incentive to attract public participation in promoting the Tehran International Tourism Exhibition in the cyber world, a twitter link has been designated specifically for people to share…
The Iranian National Biobank system is under development with 10 biobank centers for prisoners and convicts so far completed. Dr. Ahmad Shojaee, head of Legal Medicine, said every single launch of…
A Richter 5.3 magnitude earthquake jolted Dashti Region in Bushehr Province in the southwest at 7:49 am on Tuesday, ISNA reported. A spokesman at the Red Crescent said rescue teams were…
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) announced that Tunisia, Malaysia, Turkey and Iran were the biggest spenders on Research and Development (R&D) in the…
Couples will now receive free genetic counseling in four provinces. The head of the State Welfare Organization (SWO) said the plan is currently underway in Semnan, Yazd, Khorasan and Bushehr…
Weather forecast maps indicate that “due to the atmosphere stability and stillness” in the northern half of the country till Thursday, increase in the density of pollutants will occur in…
Permission has been granted for seeding clouds to generate rainfall in three provinces: Tehran, West Azarbaijan and East Azarbaijan.
A week after the food poisoning case in a Mental Disability Advocacy Center in Pakdasht county of Tehran Province led to three fatalities, Saeed Sa’dabadi, head of the Society for Non-Governmental…
Insufficient funds are standing in the way of drug addiction treatment programs, says the president of Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO). To adequately address the issue $140 million would…
The traffic police refusal to grant extension for registration of Scania passenger buses, which are under investigation for their safety record following a number of fatal road accidents involving…
A marble vase and some architectural structures were discovered in the Burnt City, an archaeological site of a Bronze Age settlement in Sistan-Baluchestan, IRNA quoted head of the archaeology team…
A photo of a hunted bear gave away the hunter, IRNA quoted public relations office of Golestan’s Department of Environment (DoE) as stating.
Inspectors will be dispatched to the provinces to assess tourist facilities and services during the holiday season of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year (March 20 – April 2), CHTN quoted public…
A book on ‘Grading Iranian Hotels’ was unveiled at a ceremony in Kish Island on December 25.
Today, tourism has become an art rather than an industry, stated the author of the book,…
The first snow festival in Iran will be held this winter in Yasuj, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. The national Dena snow festival is to be held on January 29 and 30 in Kakan ski resort in…
