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Training individuals in first-aid and self-help in emergencies from early years of life is crucial, said Masoud Habibi, head of the Youth Organization affiliated to the Iranian Red Crescent…

The countdown to the 2016 National Census of Population and Housing has begun.

Since 2006, the national census is undertaken every five years and the last, the seventh since 1956, was held…

Iranian researcher Sasan Sadrizadeh at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has designed an efficient operating room ventilation system that helps reduce bacterial infection.

In a meeting with Tajikistan’s Minister of Science and Education Nuriddin Saidov on Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to Dushanbe, Hojatollah Faghani and cultural attaché, Ebrahim Khodayar emphasized the…

Unsustainable coastal tourism has made laying eggs a challenge for turtles, according to the director of the Hormozgan Department of Environment, Majid Vafadar.

The rubbish left behind by…

Most consumer goods giants with commitments to eliminate deforestation from their palm oil supply chains are “moving far too slowly,” according to a new Greenpeace scorecard that rates their…

An estimated 500,000 people in the world could starve to death by 2050 because of low crop production as a result of climate change, according to a new study conducted by the University of Oxford…

Oil platforms are duty-bound to send their waste and wastewater to the shore for safe disposal. However, it has emerged that oil rigs and tankers release their waste directly into the sea, and…

There are more Sumatran orangutans in the wild than previously thought, according to a new survey. The latest estimate puts the population at about 14,600 - more than twice the previous figure — 6…

Despite the fact that nearly 65% of Iranians are under the coverage of various social insurance schemes, the organizations handling the schemes, in particular pension funds, are in dire straits as…

The infamous oil billionaire Babak Zanjani, who was facing charges of economic corruption among others, has been sentenced to death. Iran’s Judiciary spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, issued…

The 2016 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS will take place June 8 to 10 in New York, to focus attention on the importance of accelerating the response to HIV over…

During the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (ends March 19) the marriage rate decreased by 4.2%, compared to the same period in the previous year. The divorce rate increased by 1% in…

During the implementation of the first phase of the plan to protect working children “we identified around 5,000 street children in the country, of which 40% are foreign nationals, mostly Afghans…

The Food and Drug Administration’s Central Reference Laboratory in Tehran has received a qualification certificate from the World Health Organization, said Hossein Rastegar, director-general of…

Russian developers of the ‘Grippol Plus’ flu vaccine have agreed on a partnership with Iranian counterparts who will localize production of the vaccine in Iran.

Russian pharmaceutical firm…

We could be one step closer to personalized cancer vaccines; in what has been hailed a “groundbreaking” discovery, researchers suggest it could be possible to encourage the immune system to target…

A private Russian company called CosmoCourse has declared its intent to create a reusable suborbital tourist spacecraft.

According to the company’s CEO Pavel Pushkin, he came up with the…

The Iranian New Year— or Norouz — holiday (March 20 - April 2) is a great opportunity for people to travel, but the problem is they choose to visit a limited number of places every year,…

During the Norouz holiday (March 20 – April 2), the overcrowded Iranian capital becomes a ghost town since a large portion of Tehran residents leave to spend their vacation elsewhere.

To…

A Nigerian-born British man was escorted off an easyJet flight headed to Amsterdam on Thursday after another passenger read the word “prayer” in a message the man sent to friends, Travel Pulse…

The prestigious ITB Berlin, one of the world’s most anticipated tourism fairs, will begin its five-day run on March 9, and Iranians want to capitalize on the buzz generated around the country…

I sfahan Governor Rasoul Zargarpour, pointing to the resumption of work on the two subway stations of Enqelab and Imam Hussein squares in the city, said with the completion of the project by the…

The World Health Organization, prompted by “accumulating evidence” of a link between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, on Friday called a meeting of experts to work out what new…

The subway system in Tehran is efficient and clean, says a recent photo report by CNN. “Tehran’s subway system provides an excellent way for busy commuters to avoid the city’s congested streets,”…