At present, 80% of food products have ‘traffic light’ tags on them, said Dr Behrouz Jannat, director general for quality control at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Annually, between 5,000 and 6,000 people in the country lose their lives to liver diseases, said Dr. Seyyed Moayed Alavian, head of Iran Hepatitis Network (IHN) on Saturday.
Fars Province in southern Iran hosted more than 69,000 foreign tourists in the Iranian month of Farvardin (March 21–April 20), registering a 59% increase compared with the same period of last year…
While Etihad Airways let Alitalia slide into bankruptcy after workers spurned a restructuring plan, the Persian Gulf carrier is showing more patience with its other ailing European asset.
Budget airline Ryanair has hit back at a Dutch tourism executive who accused the company of “destroying” European cities.
Amsterdam Marketing chief executive, Frans van der Avert, said “…
To commemorate Ferdowsi Day, entry to his tomb in Tous, Khorasan Razavi Province, is free today. “Entry will be free of charge for everyone,” Mohammad Reza Kargar, director of museum affairs at…
Traveler spending in California hit a record $126.3 billion in 2016, a force that generated $10.3 billion in tax revenue and supported 1.1 million jobs.
Those are the key findings of a new…
The Administrative Justice Court has ruled in favor of transferring the ownership of Shams Palace in Alborz Province to Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization but the…
The 15th International Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Park Equipment and Related Industries opened in Tehran on Saturday at the municipality’s Specialized Exhibition Center at Goft-o-Goo Park in…
Hand-held screens might delay a child’s ability to form words, based on new research being presented this week at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco. This preliminary…
Official reports show that the number of traffic deaths reduced for the sixth year in a row last year, according to Traffic Police Chief Mohammad Hossein Hamidi. “The number of casualties in road…
A young man trying to snap a selfie with a moving train was killed after he miscalculated the distance and was hit by the train. The 26-year-old and his friends had gathered around the rail tracks…
Nearly 2,000 foreign students are studying in universities of medical sciences across Iran, said educational deputy at the Health Ministry. “Over the past couple of decades, the number of students…
Torrential rains and storms have hit multiple regions, causing floods in 12 provinces and disrupting lives of thousands of people. Over the past three days, emergency aid was provided to people in…
Over the past two years 1,060 housing units have been constructed and handed over to families with more than two physically challenged members, and 940 more units are under construction, said…
Recent reports say Iran’s misery index has seen a 40% improvement after President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013.
“But that does not mean social indicators have indeed improved or are…
The British government published long-awaited plans to tackle air pollution on Friday, but campaigners criticized them as inadequate to tackle a growing public health concern.
Measures…
Scientists have long believed that the rate at which humans are destroying tropical forests and the habitat those forests represent could drive a global mass extinction event, but the extent of…
Activists are outraged by a Colorado sanctuary’s decision to euthanize all 11 of its animals, which has been termed as “horrific” by the owner of Colorado’s Wild Animal Sanctuary. The owners of…
Over 300 industrial units in Tehran Province have been covered by the provincial Department of Environment’s industrial pollution monitoring scheme in the current Iranian year (started March 21),…
Mulching, a common method of stabilizing soil to prevent dust storms, is not performed in Khuzestan Province, the director of the provincial office of the Forests, Range and Watershed Management…
Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission in Iran said Tehran should offer its experiences in clearing landmines to other countries affected by landmines and unexploded…
At least 22 miners died and 83 were injured, in the large explosion that struck a coal mine in Zemestanyurt, 14 km from Azadshahr in the northern province of Golestan in Iran, Wednesday.
Since the 2014 Health Reform Plans, 1.5 million natural births were performed free-of-charge in state-run hospitals across the country, and 1,400 labor-delivery-recovery (LDR) rooms were…
Taking low-dose aspirin at least three times per week may reduce women’s risk of breast cancer by 16%, a new study suggests, Medical News Today reported.
