Attracting foreign investment is one of the government’s biggest challenges to meet the target of 20 million tourists a year as envisioned in the 20-year Vision Plan (2005-25), said the head of…
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Iran can be considered a nation of bread eaters, as according to official figures, Iranians consume the most bread per capita (160 kg per person) in the world after Turkey with 199.6 kg per person…
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A new study shows that the relationship between our genetic make-up and our metabolism - the chemistry of life that goes on inside our cells - is a two-way street. Not only do our genes regulate…
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The suspected link between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, the birth defect microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome, could be confirmed within weeks, the World Health Organisation…
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Iran on Thursday provided free medical services to patients in Harare as part of the commemoration ceremonies of the 37th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Dr.
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For the first time, two mangers from Iran’s Social Security Organization (SSO) have been selected as vice-chairmen of the technical commissions of the International Social Security Association (…
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There have been no cases of HIV-infected blood transfusion to patients with Thalassemia in recent years, said Ali Akbar Pourfathollah, head of the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization.
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The sixth annual meeting on Mental Health and Social Media will be held February 16-17 at Rouzbeh Hospital in Tehran..
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The Supreme Council for Urban Planning and Architecture recently approved a bill that puts a moratorium on high-rise construction in Tehran till such time that it determines the proper…
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Members of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (known in Iran as University Jihad) in North Khorasan Province will soon begin mapping the genome of the Turkoman horse. “North…
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An Indian state has proposed reclassifying the country’s national bird — the peacock — as vermin, local media report.
Goa’s Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said peacocks were damaging…
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Work to restore coral populations off the coasts of Hengam Island in the Persian Gulf is underway, according to the director of the Coral Aquaculture Project.
Speaking to the media during…
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Every year, dirty air sends some 5.5 million people to an early grave.
That is according to researchers at the University of British Columbia, who on Friday presented new data on air…
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The Energy Ministry has instructed regional water authorities in West Azarbaijan and East Azarbaijan provinces to give priority to the imperiled Lake Urmia’s restoration effort.
This…
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Traditional medicine practitioners will soon be granted practice permits and the Iranian Traditional Medicine Association will implement a program to oversee and manage their activities, said…
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Four cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in the UK in the last six weeks. Public Health England (PHE) told a parliamentary committee all four cases were “travel associated” and not…
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society is planning to conduct a door-to-door program to train the people in emergency response preparedness, said Dr. Mehdi Najafi, chief of IRCS education department. “…
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New funding has been allocated to support students with special needs, said Majid Qadami, head of the Ministry of Education’s Organization for Education of Exceptional Students. The $800,000 will…
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Kidney diseases are three times more common in men than in women in the country, said Abbas Basiri, head of the Association of Urology. “Urinary stones and prostate cancer are the most common…
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The number of ambulances in the national emergency services fleet will increase to 2,000 by the end of the next Iranian year (starts March 20), said Dr. Jafar Miaadfar, executive deputy of Iran…
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The risks of suffering a concussion have been under the spotlight in recent years, especially as the degenerative neurological illness known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been…
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In the upcoming five-year economic development plan (2016-2021), 20 prisons will be shifted to locations outside city jurisdictional limits.
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Recent laboratory analyses identified Zika virus infections in three people who died in Brazil last year, the health ministry said on Thursday, although authorities could not confirm that Zika…
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The World Health Organization says it will not be issuing any travel restrictions related to the Zika virus. “WHO is not recommending travel restrictions related to Zika virus disease,” the United…
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The world’s tourism map is being redrawn at lightning speed as holidaymakers switch preferences prompted by terror attacks, epidemics and migrant crises.
Terrorist attacks on tourists in…
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