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  • Mountain Heaven, a tour operator which specializes in Alpine chalet holidays in France and Switzerland, is branching out to launch escorted ski trips to Iran next winter.

    Nick Williams, the…

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  • The least-visited continent is getting more attention. Antarctica tourism was up 4.6% last year to 35,478 visitors, the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators said in a statement.…

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  • The list of Qazvin Province’s unfinished tourism-related projects keep growing as more and more banks refuse loans to investors to help bring the projects to completion.

    According to the…

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  • In commemoration of the International Museum Day, Iran’s Cinema Museum will offer free entry on May 18.

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  • The 73 artifacts returned to Tehran by the Unites States government last week will be put on display on Tuesday.

    Concurrent with the National Cultural Heritage Week (May 14-20) and the…

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  • One of the best parts of going on holiday is getting to explore new cities and towns, but staring at Google Maps on your phone as you wander around can cause you to miss the sights.

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  • Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University mathematics professor, is among the nine Stanford faculty members to have been selected to join the US National Academy of Sciences.

    Members are…

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  • Dublin is set to host in June the World Barista Championship -- an international coffee competition that is held every year to promote excellence in coffee.

    Champions representing more than…

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  • Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi last week called on pertinent organizations to do a thorough assessment of the state of mental health in the country and the motives contributing to risky…

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  • Head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi criticized Saudi authorities for their reluctance to facilitate the travel of Iranian pilgrims for the upcoming hajj.

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  • On the occasion of the Youth Week in Iran (May 12-19), a meeting on ‘Youth, Peace and Security’ will be held in Tehran today (May 15), to emphasize the role of NGOs run by the youth, in…

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  • About 30% of Iranians are really in need of a nose job, “as their noses don’t suit their faces,” while the rate of people who undergo the surgery is far more, said Dr. Abolhasan Emami, head of the…

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  • Varamin County, in the southeast of Tehran, has become the new center for cultivating roses and rosewater production.

    Although Varamin is known for products such as vegetables and grains,…

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  • The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro starting August 5 could spark a “full-blown public health disaster.”  Since the Zika virus was first identified in Brazil in May 2015, the…

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  • Environmentalists warned on Friday that Mexico’s vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, was close to extinction as the government reported that only 60 were now left.

    The population…

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  • According to the Iran Meteorological Organization, the country’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 3% in the past decade.

    Whereas in developing countries, an increase in greenhouse…

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  • The Energy Ministry, which has reportedly made restoring and balancing groundwater resources a priority, aims to cut groundwater loss by a billion cubic meters during the current fiscal year that…

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  • The UN General Assembly has elected Norway’s former environment minister Erik Solheim to head the UN environment agency. Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft banged his gavel Friday, signifying the…

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  • Authorities may have managed to devise a solution to the environmental catastrophe that is the Gotvand Dam in Khuzestan Province, but the plan costs 12 trillion rials ($348 million).

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  • Forests regrown on lands that had been cleared for agriculture in Latin America could play a key role in trapping carbon from the atmosphere and mitigating climate change if they are managed…

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  • As Iran embarks on the process of reopening to the world and foreign capital and business come to the country, there is one important factor that requires effort to bring in the right minds:…

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  • Iran is spearheading the international anti-narcotics war by confiscating 85% of contraband opium and 35% of heroin during its several large-scale operations against illicit drug trade, said…

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  • The Russian Book of Records has recognized Tanzilya Bisembeyeva who turned 120 in March as the world’s oldest living person. “Tanzilya Bisembeyeva from the Krasnoyarsk district of the Astrakhan…

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  • The 56th Exhibition and Congress of Iranian Dental Association (EXCIDA 56) will be held May 17-20 in Tehran in cooperation with FDI (World Dental Federation). EXCIDA is the leading dental congress…

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  • The capital’s rainy Wednesday saw an unusual scene of a kind-hearted policeman who kept his raincoat protectively over the head of a child vendor, keeping him dry during the constant drizzle.

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