There are 300 social emergency units active in the country to help address, resolve and eliminate social problems, particularly child abuse, says the deputy director of the Social Welfare…
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Approximately 30 to 35 percent of car crashes are caused by malfunctions in car brakes and engines, Vali Azarvash director at the Headquarters of Safety Inspection Center of Tehran, said.
The lack of sufficient pharmacy technicians is the biggest deterrent to the food labeling program outlined in the Health Reform Plan, said Hossein Rastgar, head of laboratories at the Food and…
Neurosurgeons at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences successfully conducted a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery on two patients.
The plan to develop green spaces on highways will be implemented along with the construction of the autobahns, according to Ali Mohammad Mokhtari, managing director of Tehran’s Parks and Green…
Persimmon is a popular autumn fruit in Iran. The fruit contains high amount of antioxidants and phytonutrient. The nutrients neutralize free radicals which cause many degenerative diseases like…
The construction of a long awaited highway which would connect Tehran to the northern province of Mazandaran first began construction over 20 years ago and continues to remain unfinished to this…
With about one million cultural employees and 750,000 retirees, the ministry of education has enough capabilities to help Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) to…
Tourism projects in Hamedan worth $18.6 million are awaiting investment, IRNA reported.
A passenger ship funded by the private sector has begun operations along the Khorramshahr-Basra route. “The passenger liner will be an asset in transporting tourists between Iran and Iraq, and…
The director of the center for prevention and treatment of drug abuse at the Social Welfare Organization (SWO) Dr. Majid Rezazadeh, announced that 3600 AIDS patients are covered by the “Positive…
Head of the Department of Environment (DoE) Masumeh Ebtekar, emphasized the need to promote environmental cooperation between Iran and Spain. In a meeting with Spanish ambassador to Iran, Pedro…
There are “3 million infertile couples in Iran, of whom only one-fifth can afford fertility treatment,” said the head of the fertility department at the ministry of health and medical education.…
The implementation of the Health Reform Plan has “helped alleviate the problem of drug shortage” in the country,said head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
With air pollution reaching a critical point in recent days, many officials are raising the alarm and demanding a permanent solution to the crisis. A rare trilateral meeting is slated for…
Secretary General of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Seyed Ahmad Mousavi announced the decision to establish the first maritime rescue and training center in the southern province of…
Statistics indicate that more than half the families become aware of their children’s addiction to drugs five years after the onset of the problem, ISNA quoted Minoo Abbasi, sociologist as saying…
Illegal fishing and sea water contamination has threatened the Caspian sturgeon population, said Sadegh Khasipour, head of Astara fisheries.
As the cold spreads over the mountainous province of Ilam, some 9,000 nomad families totaling 80,000 people, begin their autumn migration, Mehr News quoted general manager of Ilam’s tribal affairs…
The particular geography of Iran makes it home to various ethnic subcultures with their own food varieties, rendering it potent enough to satisfy tourists with varied tastes, said Afsaneh…
Tourism balance has become positive in summer, for the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) announced last…
The head of the Food and Drug Administration Rasoul Dinarvand announced “the nutrition guideline” list for food products. From the viewpoint of the health ministry, the products mentioned in the…
The first international Asian Nano Forum Congress (ANFC), organized by Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) and Asian Nano Forum (ANF), is to be held on Kish Islands, from March 8-11,…
With the replacement of 17,000 diesel-engine buses in the public transport services with compressed natural gas (CNG) buses the “financial benefits will be two-fold.”
Tackling the water crisis, and also its economic and social impacts, has been given top priority by the government. The extensive periods of drought and climate change in the past years and the…
