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  • Young children are taught all sorts of ways to keep themselves safe. Starting at home, parents teach their kids to watch out for the hot stove or to look both ways before they cross the street.…

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  •  A festival on ‘Woman, Family, and Media’ will be held in the first week of August, said Zohreh Ashtiani, event secretary and head of the media workgroup at the Vice Presidency for Women and…

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  • Universities in Australia are planning to resume scientific and academic cooperation with Iran and will send delegations in the near future, said Iranian Ambassador to Australia Abdolhossein…

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  • Cardiac arrests, neurological disorders, and traffic accidents are the three leading causes of premature death in the country, and responsible for 13.7%, 9.33%, and 7.37% of all deaths…

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  • The historical Golestan Palace in Tehran is being equipped with top-of-the-line security cameras and electronic surveillance systems to improve security and protection of the massive complex.

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  • Despite its huge potential for halal tourism, Iran is lagging behind Spain and Japan in attracting Muslim tourists.

    Spain drew 2.6 million Muslim tourists in 2014, which constituted 4% of…

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  • Low-cost Indian airline GoAir has reportedly sought the Indian government’s approval to initiate direct flights to 14 countries, including Iran, as early as next year.

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  • North Korea is allowing Chinese tourists to visit without a passport on half-day tours, Chinese state media reported on Monday, as the isolated country seeks more sources of foreign currency after…

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  • Efforts to prepare Tabriz for 2018, when it is supposed to serve as the Capital of Islamic Tourism, shifted into high gear on Tuesday with the opening of a secretariat tasked with planning and…

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  • Turkey expects about one million Russian tourists to visit the country by the end of the year, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nabi Avci said on Monday.

    “We hope that about one…

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  • As tea farms in the country are mostly small tracts of land and since tea plants grow only on hilly slopes, agricultural machinery cannot be used to harvest the leaves and that partly explains why…

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  • Until 60 years ago, communicable diseases were killing thousands of people on an annual basis, but over the past six decades, non-communicable diseases are leading in premature deaths, said…

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  • China is kicking off a year-long campaign this month to stamp out persistent violence in its overcrowded hospitals by angry patients targeting medical staff, state news agency Xinhua said on…

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  • Treating burn injuries is  costly and  even low-intensity treatment for every 1% of the total skin surface area can cost anywhere from $600 to $1500; therefore…

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  • Addiction prevention programs were planned to cover 40% of the student population since the beginning of the new calendar year (March 20) but due to the shortage of personnel, only 15% have been…

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  • The Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) has been selected as a partner of the World Health Organization in the field of education and research in substance abuse and…

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  • Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University has set up a Plant Biotechnology Laboratory at the Lebanese University.

    Within the framework of an academic and scientific memorandum of understanding…

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  • Iran will send healthcare specialists and relief aid providers to Greece to help Syrian refugees in the country, said director general for health and medical treatment at the Iran Red Crescent…

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  • The number of people affected by the combined impact of El Nino and La Nina weather patterns could exceed 100 million by the end of the year, according to the United Nations.

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  • The country’s precipitation rate from the beginning of the current water year (started September 22, 2015) has decreased by 2% compared to the long-term average. The long-term average of rainfall…

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  • Vast swathes of mangroves have died in Australia’s north, with scientists saying climate change is likely responsible for the staggering scale of the event.

    “Once healthy mangroves that…

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  • The Department of Environment has banned hunting and fishing in Bilo Plains in Kurdestan Province to preserve the region’s pristine nature and protect its ecosystem.

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  • The Department of Environment has drafted a bill in support of park rangers and submitted it to First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri for further review and approval.

    Once approved, it will…

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  • While Beijing is known as the global capital of bicycle commute, and Venice, boat transport, Tehran is famous for its huge number of motorcycle taxis, a dubious distinction as many of them are…

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  • US tobacco giant Philip Morris International has lost an international dispute surrounding the sale of cigarettes in Uruguay and must continue to cover packs sold in the South American country…

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