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  • Iran Air is preparing to restart flights to Japan following last month’s international deal to end sanctions imposed over Iran’s nuclear program, IRNA reported, citing two people with knowledge of…

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  • Interest among foreign firms to help restore Iran’s historical and cultural heritage is growing, with the UK-based WSP, a consulting firm, the latest company to hold talks with Iranian officials…

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  • It appears that Irish aircraft leasing company Avolon has been quick off the mark and visited Iran following the lifting of international sanctions, Donyaye Safar reported quoting Irish media.

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  • Like many other countries Iran is seeing an upswing in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among school students. Studies show that obesity is the most common health problem among the youth which…

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  • Ahead of the public rally on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution (Bahaman 22) on February 11, police has announced some traffic restrictions in the capital.  Tehran Traffic Police…

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  • Iran and Thailand have signed a five-year MoU on nanotechnology, biotechnology, genetics and medical cooperation.

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  • Iranian researchers have produced nanoparticles with antibacterial properties, which show a desirable performance in the presence of various types of bacteria. These types of materials can be used…

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  • There are currently 180 social service centers operating across the country, said Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head of the State Welfare Organization. “Establishing 70 more in cities across the…

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  • The infamous oil billionaire Babak Zanjani was granted a month’s time on Tuesday in the highly-publicized fraud case in which he and two other defendants are in the dock in Revolutionary Court in…

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  • The World Health Organization needs urgent reform to boost its ability to respond to crises, and failure to act now could cost thousands of lives, according to an advance copy of a high-level UN…

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  • The lifting of sanctions on Iran last month has resulted in a surge of bookings, tour operators say, many from Americans undeterred by a State Department warning laying out the risks of taking…

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  • An Italian company has apparently agreed to help expand tourism infrastructure on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, according to Mohsen Jalalpour, head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries…

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  • Thirty-one unfinished hotel projects are set to receive the much-needed cash to ensure their completion. The state news agency IRNA says 5.8 trillion rials ($161 million) have been allocated to…

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  • Georgia is forging closer ties with Iran by abolishing its visa rules and introducing visa free travel with Iran.

    The Georgian prime minister’s press center said Prime Minister Giorgi…

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  • The filling of Silveh Dam on the Lavin River in West Azarbaijan Province, where rescue archeology has not been carried out thoroughly, will sink artifacts dating back 5,000 years.

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  • Iran has entered the malaria elimination phase, said Muhammad Mehdi Gouya, director general of communicable diseases at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention affiliated to the Health…

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  • The 5th Symposium of World Neuropsychologists, presided by world renowned neurosurgeon Professor Majid Samii, will be held at Tehran’s Espinas Hotel from April 18 to 23.

    Prof. Samii is…

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  • Experts on microcephaly, the birth defect that has sparked alarm in the current Zika virus outbreak, say they are struck by the severity of a small number of cases they have reviewed from Brazil.…

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  • Mirza-ye Shirazi Metro Station located on Tehran Metro Line 3 will open on February 17, increasing the current number of stations to 97. The metro station is located on Shahid Beheshti St. near…

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  • Currently, 40% of the first births are related to women over the age of 30, said Ali Akbar Mahzoun, director of the office of statistics and population at Iran’s Civil Registration Organization. “…

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  • Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences signed a memorandum of understanding with the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd. (AGES) on Sunday.

    The MoU was signed…

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  • One hundred babies spent time living in UK prisons last year.

    The figures have prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to demand a review of how to deal with new mothers in custody.

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  • Good news for some in the high-BMI crowd: A new study finds that about 54 million Americans who are labeled as obese or overweight according to their body mass index are, when you take a closer…

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  • The General Inspection Organization of Iran is expected to submit its final report on the country’s air pollution crisis to the chiefs of the three branches of the government — legislative,…

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  • Autopsy of a rare Asiatic cheetah, which was found dead on February 1 in Semnan Province, shows signs consistent with repeated blows to the neck that shattered the animal’s spine.

    Cheetahs…

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