The ancient sycamore of Tang-Chenar Village in Mehriz County, Yazd Province is having its surroundings landscaped, the public relations office of the provincial Cultural Heritage Organization…
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A 20 million year old fossil of a manatee also known as sea cow was discovered in Shirinsu in Hamedan Province, Mehr News reported. The fossil, dating back to the Miocene Epoch, shows the animal’s…
People from at least 136 cities across six continents have marched to press their countries’ authorities to stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos, a practice that has almost led to their…
The first of the 1001 Nights European train tours series will depart from Iran today.
The CEO of Tehran Goods Transport outlined plans to organize push carts in the bazaar areas. Gholamreza Torabian told ISNA that in the preliminary phase of the plan, push carts in Khayyam St,…
The deputy to the minister of education said teachers should have a syndicate so that they could “oversee their own work.” Mohyeddin Bahram Mohammadian told ISNA that the need for a teachers’…
In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said. The 36-year-old mother received a uterus from a…
The deputy traffic police chief in charge of special operations announced that the police have launched a campaign to confront school bus drivers whose vehicles lack the official police permit.…
The number of bicycles in the capital has increased to about 10,000. “Our first priority is to provide bicycles in education centers and travel zones,” said Tashakkori Hashemi, deputy mayor for…
Awareness among school children regarding Gilan forests is created through an old catchy rhyme, describing a playful kid scampering around in the idyllic woods, expressing his feelings of joy and…
An official at the ministry of cooperatives said all insurance booklets will be unified under one system.
Dr. Ahmad Meydari, social welfare deputy, at the conference for senior directors…
The minister of health announced that 16,000 nurses will be recruited in the next two months. Hassan Hashemi told ISNA that the new recruitment won’t be ‘official’ - since no hiring is on the…
The head of sports affairs of the Armed Forces said the winners of gold medals at Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, will be exempted from military service. Brigadier General Mehr Ali Baran told…
One-third of Tehran's weather forecast images are obscure as the main radar absorbs the sound waves meant to jam satellite signals from unauthorized foreign broadcasts, the head of Iran…
Tourism activists and hotel owners who plan to further develop their activities or set up new buildings, are given a 100% tax exemption for 6 years.
The 50% tax exemption for tourism…
This month kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness, and the travel industry from spas to hotels and even one airline are going pink, ABC News reported.
Emirates Airline celebrates the launch of its fourth daily nonstop passenger service to Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran with the landing of a one-off Airbus A380 service, Emirates…
Turkish tourism delegates from Izmir and Van will visit Iran in late October, to help set up Turkish tours to the country.
Environmental NGOs wrote an open letter to the head of the Department of Environment, Masumeh Ebtekar, appealing her to her to put an end to the mass extermination of migrating birds in…
The exhibition on 200,000 years human and animal coexistence in Iran has been extended to October 22.The exhibition, held at the National Museum of Iran, showcases more than 750 objects including…
Soil and water resources have a special role in the comprehensive planning of the national environmental system.
An official at the Drug Control Headquarters warned about the arrival of a new generation of psychoactive drugs known as ‘NPS’, with odd names like ‘Mr. Happy,’ ‘Rock,’ etc. Babak Dinparast said…
Women should have the chance to freeze their eggs or ovarian tissue in their 20s or early 30s to avoid having fertility problems if they want to conceive later in life, experts say. More and more…
The waters of the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea have become hot and hotter in the past two decades adversely affecting the economies of the region, said Parvin Farshchi, deputy at the Marine…
October 1 is observed as International Day of Older Persons. On the occasion, deputy mayor of Traffic and Transportation Department at the Tehran Municipality (TM), elaborated on the measures…