In the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), some 700 hectares have burned in protected zones managed by the Department of Environment.
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The Forest Protection Bill, which has needlessly courted controversy from a small but vocal faction, does not seek to designate Iran’s northern forests off limits, but to promote the sustainable…
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s call for action on climate change during his acceptance speech at the Academy Awards ceremony drew more attention to the issue than the Paris Agreement in 2015 or Earth…
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Scientific teams from Iran and Russia will start a joint research project to protect the Caspian Sea’s only mammal, a small member of the earless seal family known as the Caspian seal.
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To give nomads a bigger share and opportunities in the Iranian handicraft market, an e-commerce website will be launched by the end of August where nomadic products will be offered for sale.
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A 10-year national plan on children’s rights has been devised by the national authority on the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), and provincial responsibilities will be assigned within…
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The Tehran Municipality is planning to replace BRT (bus rapid transit) with LRT (light rail transit) on certain routes across the capital city, said Mohsen Sarkhoo, chairman of Tehran City Council…
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Iranian knowledge-based companies will for the first time showcase their products at the 12th Health Asia International Exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan along with 44 other countries. The 12th…
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The intravenous chemotherapy drug Pemetrexed is now produced locally by the knowledge-based NanoAlvand Pharmaceutical Company, said Ali Shahriari, the oncology ward chief at Tehran’s Rasoul Akram…
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A 41-year old Iranian teacher, Ramin Rigi, at Shahid Shahraki primary school, Zahak County in Sistan- Baluchistan Province, provides breakfast everyday to all his school students.
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Single people are often stereotyped as being sad and lonely. However, it turns out single people have a heightened sense of self-determination and are more likely to experience more psychological…
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Although turning Caspian Sea into a marine tourism hub in northern Iran has been a major topic of discussion since a long time, no step has yet been taken by officials to realize that goal,…
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The number of sea trips to Kish Island has registered a 25% hike since the start of the summer season (June 21) compared with the same period of last year, a senior official of Kish Free Zone…
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Wind farms in Scotland have had no impact on jobs in the country’s tourism industry, a study by Biggar Economics said.
The research assessed 18 wind farm sites across Scotland, looking at…
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Iceland’s burgeoning tourism industry is forcing the country to rethink its whale hunt.
While it is often Japan that courts controversy over whaling, both Iceland and Norway openly defy the…
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Iran and Armenia have officially waived the visa regime, opening their borders to allow free travel between the neighboring countries. The visa-free regime, which went into effect on Saturday, is…
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The Office for Empowerment of Women Breadwinners affiliated to Tehran Municipality has a plan in cooperation with the Tehran Subway Organization to classify and organize subway vendors instead of…
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The race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against the Zika virus got one step closer Thursday, when a team of researchers reported positive results in the latest round of testing in monkeys…
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While Farsi, the official language of Iran, is the most widely-spoken language in the country, there are however some regions in 14 provinces, where the people speak a different language such as…
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Iranian researchers at the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council have developed a nanocomposite sensor to precisely measure the amount of the drug nalbuphine. A painkiller similar to morphine,…
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The ninth round of the National Exhibition of Women and Domestic Production will be held in early September at Tehran’s Goftegoo Park. It will display products by creative and skilled women from…
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The National Journalists’ Day was observed on August 6 across the country in various ceremonies that honored the men and women in this taxing profession. Various state bodies including the Armed…
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Tehran taxis will soon display their driver’s identity information on the dashboard, announced Mehdi Ebrahimi, the technical deputy at Tehran Taxi Organization. “Once the project is fully…
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The average daily consumption of salt in Iran is 10.5 to 12 grams which is twice the recommended amount. Per capita sugar intake should be also reduced by 25% to reach the global average…
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When the US military abandoned Camp Century, a complex of tunnels dug into the ice of northwest Greenland, in the mid-1960s, they left behind thousands of tons of waste, including hazardous…
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