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Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli met with Dutch State Secretary for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Martin van Rijn, on the sidelines of a special session on drugs at…

Iranian researchers at the Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, have conducted a project on detecting cancer cells by using colorimetric method on laboratory samples.

The number of casualties in the festivities on the eve of the last Wednesday of the outgoing Iranian calendar year (ends March 19) reduced by half this year compared to last year, said Amin…

Vietnamese Science Minister Pham Vu Luan and Chancellor of Iran’s Islamic Azad University Hamid Mirzadeh emphasized the development of mutual scientific cooperation during a meeting on Tuesday, in…

This year (ends March 19), the number of compromises reached between disputing parties in court cases, has doubled compared to the previous year, said Gholamhossein Esmaeili, head of Tehran…

The forthcoming five-year economic development plan (2016-2021) envisages reduction in the number of drug addicts by 25%, by the end of the plan period, said Alireza Jazini, deputy secretary…

At a seminar on “Gender Sociology” on the occasion of World Women’s Day (March 8), the achievements and setbacks in areas concerning women over the outgoing Iranian year (ends March 19) were…

More than 80% of companies use award programs like “Employee of the Month” and “Top Sales Club” to motivate employees and increase performance.

A new study shows that the more flights of stairs a person climbs, and the more years of school a person completes, the ‘younger’ their brain physically appears.

Researchers found that…

Ten pigeons wearing tiny backpack sensors are currently flying over the skies of London in an attempt to raise awareness of the poor air quality in the British capital though the platform of…

The drawn-out issue of ownership of lands in northern and eastern Tehran continues with no end in sight.

More than 20 years ago, around 20,000 employees of the Construction Jihad Ministry…

The plan to transfer water from Zab River to Lake Urmia does not have a permit from the Department of Environment, which could create a legal problem between the department and the Urmia Lake…

A portion of the Luristan newt’s habitat in Lorestan Province has been recognized as a wildlife refuge, according to Mehrdad Fat’hi Beyranvand, the director of the provincial office of the…

One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.…

A recent survey by the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO) says that Iranians “are homogeneously gregarious, altruistic, and compassionate people.”

For the first time, New Year gifts will be given by the State Welfare Organization to families with twins or multiple births, said Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head of the SWO.

“So far,…

Iran’s Guardian Council on Monday approved legislation entitling the victims of car accidents to equal ‘diyya’ (blood money).

The legislation had been passed by lawmakers in the outgoing…

Over 450,000 liters of plasma will be produced during the next Iranian calendar year (starts March 20), says Ali Akbar Pourfathollah, Managing Director of Iran Blood Transfusion Organization.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale on Monday jolted the city of Qouchan in Khorasan Razavi Province in northeastern Iran. There was no report of casualties or damages, Khabaronline…

Tehran’s Milad Tower, which is the world’s sixth tallest telecommunication tower, will turn off its lights for an hour on March 19 from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm in observance of the global Earth Hour…

As part of the plans to improve Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in the country, the Ministry of Health launched the first air medical service in Hormozgan Province recently.

The ceremony…

A piece of paper stuck behind the glass window of a baker’s shop on the way from Azadi-Navab crossroad to Jomhuri Square in central Tehran, displays a caricature of a man with empty pockets urging…

A 22-strong Iranian delegation traveled to Trabzon in Turkey earlier this week to discuss the tourism potential of Iran’s Ardebil and Zanjan provinces as well as investment opportunities in the…

Russia and Iran are forging closer cultural relations as both countries open their doors to tourists.  

Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage, told The Art Newspaper’s online…

The UN aviation agency called Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector.