Following the Oil Ministry’s request, a nationwide scheme will soon be implemented to phase out 130,000 dilapidated taxis and replace them with LPG- and CNG-hybrid vehicles.
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Iran's box office earnings in the last Iranian year (ended March 19) stood at 2.96 trillion rials ($17.96 million) to register an increase of 544.01 billion rials ($3.29 million) or 22.48%…
Development of public transportation in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, has turned into a challenge for officials struggling with a budget crunch. However, officials are determined to…
Tehran’s residents have been increasingly using e-payment services for taxi fares, such that cashless payments registered a 30% increase in the past week. This could help limit the spread of…
Public transportation fleet in the Iranian capital city and all other provinces are disinfected thrice daily to help curb the rapid spread of coronavirus throughout the country.
To link Pardis to Tehran via a subway line, an agreement worth 40 trillion rials ($258 million) has been signed by New Towns Development Company and Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters.…
With the production of 22 biopharmaceuticals, Iran has been able to save $1 billion, an official with the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology says. Mostafa Qanei, one of the…
Based on a multilateral agreement signed early this week, Iran Post Company will switch from motorcycles using fossil fuel to electric bikes to renovate its fleet and curb its carbon footprint.…
As projected in the draft budget of the fiscal 2020-21, the government has earmarked 26 trillion rials ($180.5 million) for streamlining public transportation development in Isfahan.
Seven spring fairs will be held in Tehran from March 4-14, says deputy governor of Tehran for economic affairs coordination.
The recent subway network expansion in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad are expected to help curb air pollution and ease traffic congestion, making life easier for the citizens of these…
Since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2019), production permits have been issued for 140 movies in Iran, the filming of 100 of which started from Dec. 22, 2019. A…
Providing decent public transportation services has always been a major concern of urban managers. Now that the draft budget bill for the fiscal 2020-21 has determined the financial…
The rate of literacy among Iranians of ages 10 to 49 has reached 96% in the current Iranian year (ending March 19, 2020), indicating a 1.3% growth compared with the year ending March 2017, the…
As projected in the draft budget for fiscal 2020-21, the government has earmarked 50 trillion rials ($367 million) for upgrading the bus fleet.
Unsafe roads, careless drivers and the poor quality of vehicles claim thousands of lives every year in Iran. The regular reports on road fatalities published by Iran Legal Medicine…
Providing ecofriendly and efficient transportation has become a real challenge in Iranian megacities with a growing population and soaring demand. However, authorities are making efforts to…
Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says flooding has inflicted damages on roads, bridges and waterways of the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province worth 7,000 billion…
Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed an agreement with Tehran Metro Company for providing 800 tons of rails to boost the development of urban and intercity railroads. The deal was signed…
Heavy rainfall in the southern Hormozgan and southeastern Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces in the past few days has damaged houses, bridges, power/water infrastructure, flooded many…
To curb the growing annoyance of dilapidated motorcycles in the capital city of Tehran, several state institutions have signed a multilateral agreement to resume the scrappage of old two-…
As projected in the draft budget bill for the fiscal 2020-21, the Iranian government has permitted municipalities to issue sukuk (Islamic bonds) to the tune of 50 trillion rials ($357 million)…
President Hassan Rouhani is to inaugurate Hashtgerd Subway Station in Alborz Province on Tuesday. Habibollah Taherkhani, a deputy roads minister, said the line has undergone all the…
Public transportation expansion projects have become a challenging task for managers in Iranian metropolises because of rising demand on the government’s budget. However, officials are making…
The most important application of nuclear technology in the field of medicine is the use of radioisotopes for diagnosing and treating critical illnesses, especially cancer.
