A shortage of tour guides could hurt Iran’s chances of becoming a top holiday destination in the next decade, according to a member of the Iran Tour Guides’ Association.
Calling guiding…
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Iran Air, the national flag carrier, is considering increasing its flights to Italy to three a week.
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The ‘urban discipline’ scheme with the aim to stop street vending in the capital currently being implemented in some districts in Tehran will not be effective as long as it fails to consider…
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Virtual reality therapy could help treat depression by encouraging people to be easier on themselves and improve their chances of breaking the cycle of depression, says a new study published in…
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The opening ceremony of the largest oncology center in the country in Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province, will be held next month, said Mohammad Soltan Tobeh, head of the public…
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The Health Ministry has developed several educational programs to raise students’ awareness about the harmful effects of smoking hookah (water pipe), said Ali Akbar Sayyari, deputy minister of…
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Parents who don’t allow their children to attend school will be sentenced to three months in prison and fined $270 as per the law, said Ali Baqerzadeh, deputy minister of education. The Education…
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The first Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) line in Tehran will be equipped with route maps in Braille at its stops by the end of the week, said Peyman Sanandaji, managing director of Tehran and Suburbs…
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The employee of a water utility owned by the Spanish city of Cadiz who had not appeared at office for up to six years and “did absolutely no work” but collected salary, was charged to pay back…
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The population of a colony of Adélie penguins located in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica has steeply fallen following the arrival of a massive iceberg, which has dramatically changed the local…
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An estimated four billion people in the world — 71% of the global population — do not have access to enough water supplies in order to meet their daily needs, according to a new study conducted by…
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Tehran’s unabating air pollution has forced schools to cancel physical education classes on Monday and Tuesday.
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Park rangers are set to receive a hardship allowance, based on the proposed budget bill for the next fiscal year (starts March 20). “Special attention has been given in the bill to the work that…
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A year-long research to extensively study the imperiled Hamoun Wetlands in southeastern Iran as part of a plan to revive the lagoon is complete.
“This is the first time the Hamouns have…
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Around 4,000 applications for citizenship by children of Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers have so far been filed at the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) in Khorasan…
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The Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer (Mahak) has obtained a score of 5.95, securing the 4th place globally in the 7th Société Generale de Surveillance (NGO) Benchmarking…
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The Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization in cooperation with the Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs (a government body that receives its funding directly from the national budget) is providing…
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According to a recent survey conducted by the Office of the Vice-Presidency for Family and Women’s Affairs, 80% of Iranian women are housewives.
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Brazil’s government launched a nationwide campaign on Saturday to fight the Zika virus, with President Dilma Rousseff and cabinet ministers personally visiting homes and handing out leaflets along…
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The country’s first specialized clinic in rehabilitation services set up by the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (USWRC) was inaugurated last week in Tehran on the occasion…
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On an average, 700 organ donations (9 per million people) are made annually in the country according to official statistics, said Dr. Ali Nobakht, head of the Iranian Organ Donation Society. “Over…
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Popular tourist hotspots in the Americas are poised for trouble as the Zika virus threatens to scare away tourists.
Despite the World Health Organization’s recent announcement that it would…
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Senate Democrats are pushing the Obama administration to loosen new visa waiver restrictions for dual nationals that were included in an end-of-the-year spending bill.
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The first and second tiers of Chogha Zanbil, a massive ziggurat in Khuzestan Province, have been restored in time for the influx of tourists during the Nowruz holiday season (March 18 – April 2).…
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Three European airlines — British Airways, KLM and Air France — have plans to undertake special flights to Iran on the eve of the new Iranian year starting March 20, an official at the Ministry of…
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