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Seven more air emergency stations will be built across the country by the end of the current Iranian year, said Deputy Health Minister Dr. Mohammad Aqajani. “The projects have already started and…

A five-year-old girl lost her life and three other children were injured when playing in an old school building in Chabahar city in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province.

A group of researchers from Mashhad Branch of Islamic Azad University, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization have used nanotechnology to introduce a quick and…

The risk of developing liver cancer may be significantly higher for people who have low levels of the nutrient selenium in their blood, suggests a new study published in the American Journal…

The wood industry around the threatened Caspian Hyrcanian forests in the north shows no sign of slowing down, much to the dismay of Iran’s top environment official who admits lacking jurisdiction…

Following a directive issued by the High Council for Environment in official Persian newspapers on August 8, Abr Forest in Shahroud, Semnan Province, was legally designated as a protected area,…

Pressure is growing on the UK government to ratify the Paris climate change deal immediately. A spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May told the BBC the UK would ratify “as soon as possible”, but…

Based on a government mandate, all domestically-produced vehicles must be Euro 5-compliant starting next year (March 21, 2017), while older cars will have to maintain their Euro 4 compliance.

Countermeasures against the swarm of locusts that have overrun Hamoun County in Sistan-Baluchestan Province have started on Monday, said a senior official at the provincial office of…

The recent storm and flooding in the three provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan and Semnan has caused $7 million in damage to properties, agriculture, and urban facilities, said Amol Governor Ahmad…

During inspections of 350 public parks in six Tehran districts by the Safety Committee of the Tehran City Council, nearly 10,000 hazards in terms of health, safety and environment were identified…

Ali Ibn Abitaleb village in near Mirjaveh County in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, bordering Pakistan, is one of the hundreds of deprived border villages that now benefits from quality basic health…

Researchers Andrew Reece of Harvard University and Chris Danforth of the University of Vermont collected survey information and 43,950 Instagram photos from 166 volunteers recruited through Amazon…

Researchers at Royan Institute have produced a medication that can keep embryonic stem cells alive in a culture medium. “The team has been conducting studies for several years on PPAR gamma factor…

Pulmonary embolism is a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot. The condition is more prevalent among women due to hormonal changes in different stages…

The number of organizations active in the field of women and their rights has increased by over 3,000 across the country under President Hassan Rouhani.

The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will send the first space tourist to the orbit “within the next two years”, the agency’s head, Igor Komarov, said.

“I believe, within the next two years…

A rising number of euthanasia tourists are flocking to Belgium to end their lives, according to doctors in the country.

Last year, 2,023 people were medically killed in Belgium, more than…

Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency has proposed mutual visa-free group tourist exchanges with Iran in the latest sign that the Kremlin is looking to facilitate travel between the two countries. Oleg…

Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization plans to review criteria based on which hotels are judged and awarded star ratings to help improve their quality of services.

Tehran’s health tourism sector is undermined by the presence of unauthorized middlemen.

Intermediaries that arrange for the travel of foreign nationals seeking advanced medical care in Iran…

When people develop diabetes early in life they may also be more likely to experience heart problems in middle age, a study suggests.

Cardiovascular disease has long been linked to diabetes…

Iran’s Red Crescent Society and UNESCO’s National Commission have expressed readiness to cooperate in joint projects.

UNESCO is the only United Nations agency to have a global network of…

The Majlis has passed a bill that would grant Iranian nationality to children of Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers.

Urban Iranian families spend most of their income on housing, according to a new analysis by the economic website eghtesadonline.com. They spend 31% of their annual income on purchasing or renting…