In a bid to spread travel across the country and encourage domestic tourists visit under-the-radar destinations, Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has plans to…
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The Middle East and North Africa branch of Louvre Hotels Group is close to signing agreements to open three hotels in Iran – its first foray into the market since international sanctions were…
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An “emotional” woman who tried to open the door of a Jetstar plane while it was in the air has been arrested in Melbourne. The female passenger, travelling on an inbound Airbus A320, was arrested…
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Due to Iran’s pleasant weather in spring, a sizeable number of international events are held across the country in springtime. But the concentration of these events has always posed a problem for…
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The Fund for Restoration and Administration of Historical and Cultural Places has transferred the ownership of two historical houses in the city of Isfahan to private individuals to be repurposed…
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A solar-powered airplane midway through a historic bid to circle the globe completed the tenth leg of its journey on Monday, landing in the US state of Arizona after a 16-hour flight from…
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Parliament has tasked the Justice Ministry to create a DNA database of all foreign residents in Iran in cooperation with the Law Enforcement Forces.
During an open session on Monday,…
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Taxi passengers in Tehran can pay their fares using point of sale (POS) devices, under a pilot project launched by the Tehran Traffic and Transportation Organization.
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Amirkabir University of Technology has been assigned by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to work as a liaison office to facilitate scientific cooperation between Iranian and French…
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Pointing to the Health Ministry’s plan to provide services to senior citizens living in smaller towns, Mahin-ol-Sadat Azimi, head of the ministry’s Elderly Healthcare Office at the Bureau of…
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The South Korean Embassy in Tehran hosted tens of Iranians to give them a chance to savor the East Asian country’s foods on May 1. Hosted by the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade…
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A senior health official has urged the mass media and those involved in cultural development programs to help promote tobacco abstinence among adolescents in the country.
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A project to integrate information technology (IT) skills in the standard curriculum of the Literacy Movement Organization (LMO) is underway in five provinces, according to its director, Ali…
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There are nearly 14 million students in the country, who on average, belong to a 3-4 member household. If their awareness can be raised on various health issues, they in turn can educate their…
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Almost half of the world’s top 500 investors are doing nothing to address climate change through their investments, a study showed on Monday.
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A group of ecologists and senior officials at Iran’s national parks traveled to Austria on Sunday to take part in a week-long training program, the Department of Environment said in a statement on…
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Having enlisted help from friendly nations in the developed world to address Iran’s environmental problems, the National Environment Fund aims to accelerate the development of green technologies,…
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As young boys plunge into a murky dam to escape the blistering afternoon sun, armed guards stand vigil at one of the few remaining water bodies in a state hit hard by India’s crippling drought.
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A tanker truck carrying an undisclosed amount of mazut collided with a truck carrying timber on the Poldokhtar-Khorramabad road in Lorestan Province, with the entire payload of the tanker ending…
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Around 6,000 hematopoietic stem cell transplantations are carried out annually in Iran by using the patients’ own cells, and a far higher number are performed using cells from donors who are often…
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The first successful kidney transplant operation was performed in Afghanistan with the cooperation of Iranian medical specialists, said Dr Abdollah Bahrami, head of the Imam Reza Hospital in…
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The commander of Sistan-Baluchestan’s border guard, Raham Bakhsh Habibi, says that drug traffickers are smuggling drugs into Iran “by using a catapult made of special metal fixtures…
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A huge study involving over 190 researchers in 140 research centers in 17 countries has located genetic variants associated with happiness and other traits. It is one of the largest studies ever…
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Around 18,000 teachers will be employed in the new school year (starts September 23) with the aim to increase teacher-to-student ratio, said Ali Asghar Fani, education minister. In a message on…
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The third round of the International Congress of Immunology, Asthma and Allergy and the First Symposium of Food and Drug Allergy will be held May 3-6 in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province. “Over…
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