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<p>Iran people news, Read the latest news on Iran's society, including developments in sciences, education, universities, and students, along with stories about Iran health sector.&nbsp;</p>

  • Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization is aiming to restore 200 historical houses by the end of the current Iranian year that started on March 20.  

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  • Aloft Hotels, a modern brand for the new business traveler by Starwood, has unveiled voice-activated rooms this week in the USA—Aloft Boston Seaport and Aloft Santa Clara in California—under the “…

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  • Sugar intake has become a major concern globally, with numerous studies linking high sugar consumption to increased risk of obesity and related diseases.

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  • The Iranian Red Crescent Society will train over 3,500 personnel in rapid emergency response systems (RERS) as part of a multilevel plan to beef up its emergency services.

    “In the second…

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  • A new phase of clearing Tehran streets of drug abusers has begun and 1,057 addicts have been rounded up and sent to treatment centers.

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  • Around 2.1 million units of donated blood is collected in the country every year, said Ali Pour Fathollah, head of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO), on Wednesday. “The rate of…

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  • Improving women’s presence in political and economic arenas are two main challenges for the Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs, said Vice President Shahindokht Molaverdi.

    “Over…

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  • The Burns Research Center affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran will become the central research hub for dermatology and skin grafting, said deputy for research at the IUMS…

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  • Iran stood third at the 28th International Olympiad in Informatics that concluded on August 23 in Kazan, Russia, after bagging two gold and two silver medals.

    The US and China came first…

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  • Aside from endangering people’s health, China’s notorious air pollution is making the country’s cities hotter.

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  • Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafari Montazeri has dispatched a delegation of senior judicial officials to Hormozgan Province to investigate an ochre (red soil) mine on Hormoz Island and Bandar…

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  • The Management and Planning Organization of Iran has allocated 1 trillion rials (about $28.5 million) for the restoration of Karoun River in Khuzestan Province in the current fiscal year (started…

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  • Heat waves for one month each year and 10% less precipitation Australia-wide are just some of the impacts predicted even if the globe meets the most optimistic goal of an international climate…

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  • Some 7.5 hectares of farmlands irrigated with urban and industrial wastewater in southern Tehran Province have been destroyed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

    Irrigation of farms with…

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  • The woolly mammoths may have been extinct for 4,000 years but the ancient animal that scientists believe is closely related to the modern day elephant could get legal protection under wildlife and…

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  • Zahra Banasaz is a middle-aged woman, who has 12 children living with her. Only one, a 12-year old girl is her biological child. Her 3-story residence located on Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti Street…

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  • The State Welfare Organization has set up a hotline for children under its coverage to be able to communicate their problems with the relevant authorities and experts at the SWO, said its director…

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  • A team of innovators at the Barakat Foundation has developed a microscope that provides for telepathology in remote and underprivileged regions.

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  • The Mehrafarin Charity Institute which has so far helped 600 needy children has recently admitted 200 female addicts for treatment and rehab.

    The charity aims to empower and support female…

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  • For the first time, non-governmental organizations under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs will be evaluated and ranked based on their performance, said the ministry’s head of public…

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  • Household income and education levels may play a bigger role than race or ethnicity in whether patients survive the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma, a US study suggests.

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  • In the past decade, 280,000 Iranians lost their lives in road traffic accidents, said deputy head of Iranian Traffic Police Brigadier General Taqi Mehri.

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  • More than 7% of Iran’s GDP is spent on healthcare and the need for large investments for new facilities, as well as refurbishing the existing ones is palpable. “Globally, nearly 10.5% of GDP is…

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  • Terror attacks, strikes and floods kept foreign tourists away from the French capital in the first half of the year and cost the Paris region tourism industry some €750 million ($849.38 million)…

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  • Measures to save the iconic ruins of Persepolis in Fars Province might impact the local farmers’ livelihoods, Iran’s highest ranking cultural heritage official said.

    Excessive withdrawal…

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