The government has made provisions to continue distribution of free milk in schools in the upcoming academic year (starts September 23), to help improve nutritional intake of students.
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French emergency services were battling a major forest fire in the south of France on Sunday, just weeks after several thousand hectares were destroyed by blazes in Provence and the…
A Canadian company has expressed readiness to cooperate with Iran in training firefighting staff and supplying fire equipment to help control wildfires in Khuzestan Province.
UK-based design, engineering and risk management consultancy BMT Group has been hired by the environment agency of Abu Dhabi’s government to determine the environmental capacity of three new…
Recent mining operations in the heart of an oak forest in Baneh, Kurdestan Province, have been criticized by environmental authorities and activists.
A 375-hectare lead and zinc mine has…
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has warned that unfavorable weather could raise the risk of smog over autumn and winter, and it vowed to improve its emergency response time to…
Air quality in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Province, has been the best on record this year, among all the Iranian metropolises, a senior official of the Department of Environment said.
A large dietary study from 18 countries, across 7 geographic regions has found that even relatively moderate intake of fruit, vegetables and legumes such as beans and lentils may lower a person’…
The Health Ministry last week unveiled the National Medical Care Document, which includes its vision expanding and improving the health sector by year 2025.
Two years in making, the…
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs will implement a plan this year to engage the youth as assistants to managers in state-run organizations, said an official with the ministry.
The number of drowning deaths in the country increased by 23% during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 22) compared to same period last year. Close to 449 people…
More than 70% of families of the dead patients consent to organ donation, compared to only 5% two years ago, head of the Iranian Society of Organ Donation, Ali Nobakht said.
“The…
Volunteers from Iran’s Red Crescent Society will offer gift packages as well as free medical checkups to students in underprivileged areas across the country; in preparation for the new academic…
An international conference on nanofibers will be held at Tehran University of Medical Sciences on October 21-22. Jointly organized by Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council, TUMS, and Iranian…
Smart national ID cards were issued for 26 million Iranians in the past two years, head of the National Organization for Civil Registration, Hamid Derakhshan-Nia said. “Birth certificates…
The World Heritage Base in charge of management and conservation of Meymand Cultural Landscape in Kerman Province plans to revive the agricultural heritage of the site in collaboration with…
German carrier Airberlin will cancel its operations between Berlin and Abu Dhabi starting September 15 just weeks after the airline filed for insolvency.
Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf has adequate infrastructure to embark on the construction of a tourist resort on Samuran Mountain in Soheil Village.
As is the case in many developing countries, in Iran too migration to major urban areas has increased systemically over the past decades.
The National Population and Housing…
A new study suggests that individuals who have experienced a heart attack, or who are at an increased risk of heart disease, have a better likelihood of survival if they are married. This,…
The State Welfare Organization is planning to increase the number of safe shelters for vulnerable women and provide childcare centers close to the existing shelters, head of SWO, Anoushiravan…
The Health Ministry has received permission from the government to recruit 11,000 people in newly established hospitals and health centers across the country, Health Minister Hassan…
Ten people among the 100 people infected with the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever this year have died, deputy minister of health, Alireza Raeesi, said on Saturday. “The death toll is more or…
Four new domestic drugs were introduced on Saturday on the sidelines of a seminar on organic chemistry at Iran University of Science and Technology.
More than 30 electric buses have been readied to return to Tehran’s public transportation fleet after receiving a complete repair and overhaul, said the head of Tehran Bus Company, Peyman…
