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  • Weekly return flights between Istanbul and various Iranian cities have hit 165 amidst growing interest in the countries tourism offerings, according to the Turkish daily Milliyet.

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  • A total of 50 handicraft projects have been approved for the next fiscal year (starts March 20), according to the development and management deputy at Iran Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and…

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  • In what is touted as Iran’s first-ever organized tour to Serbia, 300 Iranians are set to visit the Balkan country later this week.

    The tourists will travel directly to the Serbian capital…

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  • For adolescents, low cardiorespiratory fitness and poor muscle strength increase their risk for type 2 diabetes later in life, regardless of body weight, according to a study of young men in…

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  • Well-being at the end of life often declines steeply, with significant differences among individuals that are poorly understood, say researchers who show that staying active socially - despite…

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  • During a recent workshop in Bishkek, secretary of regional programs at the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters Hashem Vahdatyar called for strengthening regional cooperation to counter drug…

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  • Azerbaijan’s deputy minister of health Elsever Aghayev and Iran’s head of Food and Drug Administration Rasoul Dinarvand, emphasized the need for greater cooperation between the two sides in the…

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  • Road accidents add a daily average of 100 handicapped people to the disabled population in the country, said Masoud Habibi, head of the Youth Organization affiliated to the Iranian Red Crescent…

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  • Iran’s Genetic Information Database (GID) for criminals has been established following the allocation of funds, and as a first step, genetic samples from a group of prisoners were taken.

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  • In the past few days a text message has been circulating in the social media networks urging people to boycott Chinese firecrackers and explosive materials while observing ‘Chaharshanbe Suri,’…

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  • An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Dehdasht in the southwestern Kohkilouyeh and Boyerahmad Province on Thursday. There were no reports of casualties or damages, reported IRNA…

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  • One thousand pharmacies will be open around the clock during the Nowruz (Iranian New Year) holidays from March 19-April 1, according to Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration…

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  • The Russian outbound tourist flow decreased by 31.3% last year, the largest drop in 18 years, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing the Russian Tourism Industry Union.

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  • Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are jostling for the new route to Tehran now that international sanctions against Iran have been eased.

    Both airlines on Wednesday said they applied for a…

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  • Security fears are on everybody’s lips at the ITB travel trade fair in Berlin this year as a battered tourist industry seeks to reassure travelers and tour operators that they need not shy away…

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  • A total of 12 beach resorts will open on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf by the end of the year (March 19), according to Masoud Karbaschi, the cultural, social and tourism deputy at Qeshm…

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  • People will soon be able to purchase sea travel tickets online, courtesy of the Iran Ports and Maritime Organization, travel news website donyayesafar.com reported.

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  • In a bid to encourage marriages and in line with the population policies set by the Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, a reproductive health package has been prepared by the Health Ministry in…

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  • Iranian researchers at K. N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran have produced nanosorbents that detect very low amounts of anticancer drugs in biological samples.

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  • The Japanese government approved a bill Tuesday shortening the waiting period for remarriage imposed on women after a divorce to 100 days from the current six months.

    The bill effectively…

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  • Mechanical engineers who have applied the principles of origami to make tools smaller and more compact for spaceflight are now using their knowledge to create tiny, robotic surgical instruments.…

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  • Decades after the end of the several wars and conflicts in Afghanistan, land mines and explosives still target Afghan refugees heading back to their country from Iran.

    The land mines on an…

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  • The Education Ministry recently announced that students should declare their majors prior to the completion of their 9th grade (first grade of high school) and choose from among the five majors…

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  • The number of bookstores in the country is far below the number of beauty salons, Seyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, an advisor to President Hassan Rouhani said recently, lamenting that beauty salons…

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  • Iran’s Traffic Police is taking measures to help prevent the high rate of traffic accidents, casualties, and violations by stepping up traffic fines in the upcoming new Iranian year (starts March…

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