The last hope for helping the vaquita porpoise dodge extinction could be a project to capture some of the few that remain and breed them in semi-captivity, according to a group of international…
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In a meeting between the chancellor of Tehran University and president of the German Leipzig University in Leipzig, Saxony, on Monday, the two sides explored avenues of cooperation in scientific…
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The rate of literacy among Afghan refugees in Iran has increased from 6% to more than 62% over the past 30 years, said Ali Baqerzadeh, head of the Literacy Movement Organization. “Some 700,000…
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The head of Iranian Rare Diseases Foundation has announced the establishment of a specific association for the rare disease neurofibromatosis in the country.
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Americans pay the highest prices in the world for cancer drugs, but the treatments are least affordable in lower income countries, according to the results of a new study released on Monday.
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Entrepreneurship and harnessing young talent gives an important opportunity to Iran to make good economic progress and foster equality, said American economist Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, the special…
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The domestic production of saline at present is enough to meet the demand of all medical centers in the country, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday. “…
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The average years of Iranian marriages has decreased to three years. Only 11% of Iranians has the chance to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, said Ahmad Touyserkani, head of…
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Following the theft of five valuable colored tiles from Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque in Shiraz earlier this week, the office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Fars…
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The sales of items crafted by Iranian artisans in the 26th Iran Handicrafts Exhibition broke the record set last year.
Official sales statistics were announced by craftsmen to the…
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CellPoint Mobile, a payments and mobile commerce solutions provider for the world’s airlines, and Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, now supports Android Pay in the UK.
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Qeshm Air has reportedly announced a new charter service from Tehran to the Croatian capital Zagreb. Quoting an article in The Dubrovnik Times, industry news website Aviationiran.com reported on…
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The first phase of Bushehr Beach Resort, which was opened in March, is an ideal location for tourist investment, according to a senior provincial tourism official.
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A new review of research into anxiety disorders has reported that women and adults under the age of 35 are more likely to experience anxiety than other groups. In particular, researchers state…
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A member of the Tehran City Council (TCC) put forth a proposal on Sunday to rename a street in Tehran after the late world boxing legend Muhammad Ali Clay.
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Iranian Embassy in Macedonia was among the participants at the 6th International Charity Bazaar held Saturday at Gradski Trgovski Center in Skopje, Macedonia, on the occasion of International…
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Father of Iran’s genetics science Professor Mohammad Ali Molavi passed away on Sunday at the age of 95.
He died of pancreatic cancer at Imam Reza Hospital in the city of Kermanshah in…
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The timings under the ‘even-odd’ traffic plan in the capital’s restricted zones have been revised during the holy month of Ramadan (starts June 7), said head of Tehran Traffic Police Brigadier…
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Around 100,000 children will undergo health screening in 48 health centers across Tehran in summer, prior to starting their first grade in the new academic year on September 23, said Vajihollah…
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A selfie is never listed as an official cause of death. But over the past two years, the selfie has been at the center of an increasing number of fatal mishaps across the world as it goes to…
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Malaria elimination efforts are underway in Iran’s three southeastern provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, Hormozgan and Kerman, which are endemic to the disease; however, the illegal influx of…
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A well-equipped ‘plant biotechnology laboratory’ was opened at the Lebanese National University in Beirut, as part of the scientific agreement with Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical…
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Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation, as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests, the United…
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A wildfire sparked when a car accident brought down power lines near an upscale suburb of Los Angeles has been reduced to mostly embers and thousands of people driven from their homes have all…
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Coinciding with the National Environment Week (June 4-10), the first baby hawksbill sea turtles emerged from their eggs in the protected zone of Kish Island.
“This critically endangered…
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