Due to declining precipitation in recent years, Iran’s surface water has decreased by an alarming 30%, exacerbating the 17-year struggle with drought.
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The expansion of Europe’s forests towards dark green conifers has stoked global warming, according to a study at odds with a widespread view that planting more trees helps human efforts to slow…
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Drought conditions may be the default position of the American southwest now, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters. A study of the region from 1979 through 2014 shows…
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Colombia said Friday that three people had died after contracting the Zika virus and developing a rare nerve disorder called Guillain-Barre, in which the immune system attacks the nervous system…
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Cleaning things up can cut down on the amount of calories you consume, according to new research.
Between long work weeks and robust fitness schedules, we barely have time to keep up with…
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The country’s first emergency center for chemical hazards was inaugurated at Tehran’s Baqiyatallah Hospital near Vanak Square, on Sunday. The center was in the making since January 2014, and…
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A kindergarten to provide day care for children of female detainees at Ghezel Hesar prison will be operational by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19), said Esmat Sarfarazi, director…
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A long-term study by Mayo Clinic has unveiled that girls, who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as a child, are at an increased risk of becoming obese in adulthood. Girls…
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While beggary has turned into one of the major social problems in almost all big cities in the world with Iran being no exception, Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan Province is an exception…
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The general outlines of a bill to reduce working hours for women under “special circumstances” were approved last week in the Majlis (parliament).
The bill was first proposed ten years ago…
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The permissible trans fat acids (TFAs) levels in certain food products have been reset at zero from the currently existing high level of 10%, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug…
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Thirty licenses for the production of pharmaceutical probiotic supplements have been issued by the Food and Drug administration, said Hossein Rastegar, head of the FDA’s Food and Drug Control…
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Promoting tourism abroad is instrumental to dispelling safety concerns and improving Iran’s international profile -- but the country’s tourism authority believes it costs too much!
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Colombia’s Caribbean beaches and Andean scenery are now generating more dollars for the country than its coal mines, as the nation bets on tourism amid slumping demand for its traditional…
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An agreement between Russia and Iran to simplify visa issuance procedures went into effect on Saturday, in what the Russian media called “the first step toward a visa-free regime.”
The move…
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Eight-million-year-old fossils which were returned to Iran last week following a decades-long legal battle with the United States were put on display on Saturday at Tehran’s Pardisan Park.
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Italian, Indian, Singaporean and Swiss firms have expressed interest in restoring Iran’s historical and cultural sites that are in a state of disrepair, with the Italian company Novara the first…
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The bill to make permanent the existing ad hoc law on opening private schools and educational institutions with financial assistance from the Education Ministry that is to be proposed to…
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Chances of the Zika virus coming to Iran are very low because an efficient healthcare system has been tracking the Aedes mosquito, thought to be the major cause of Zika transmission, for four…
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The likelihood of dying from a firearm is 10 times higher in the US than in other high-income countries, according to a new study published in The American Journal of Medicine.
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People between the age of 65 and 79 are the happiest compared to other age groups according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics.
In a study of more than 300,000 adults across the UK…
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A symposium on Vascular Hypertension Therapy and Cardiovascular Consultation will be held at Tehran’s Parsian Azadi Hotel February 19. “Vascular hypertension is a major risk factor in…
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Cancer rate in Iran is on the rise. Five important risk factors causing around 30% of cancer incidences include, high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity,…
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Marriage Insurance, the first of its kind in Iran, was unveiled Saturday in the presence of Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi. “Financial assistance such as insurance could…
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The second international and 14th national round of the Iranian Genetics Congress will be held in May at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. Iran has made considerable progress in science and…
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