The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on Thursday after no new cases emerged in Liberia, although health officials warn that it will be several more…
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Insurance for taxi drivers covered by the Social Security Organization (SSO) that was suspended for some time has been revived.
Lack of budget in the current Iranian year (ends March 20)…
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Iranian astrophysicist Dr. Niyayesh Afshordi won the third prize in the 2015 Buchalter Cosmology Prize jointly with Dr. Elliot Nelson for their scholarly findings on “cosmological bounds.”
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Iran’s Amir Kabir University of Technology (AUT) has signed a MoU with the Middle Technical University of Baghdad and Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University of Najaf in Iraq.
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The 2nd international round and 8th national round of Knowledge Management Conference will be held February 23-24 at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University. Several ministries, academic centers,…
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Free medical services were provided to more than 1,500 people in Mirjaveh County, Sistan-Baluchestan Province during a one-day health camp, said Major Majid Rasoulzadeh Farsad, social deputy of…
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Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi, at a meeting recently discussed venues for expansion of joint scientific and…
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Egypt’s tourism minister says the government will spend $32 million to upgrade security in two Red Sea resorts popular with foreign tourists.
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The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organization has said his organization cannot interfere with the recent changes made to the US Visa Waiver Program, but insisted that Iran is capable…
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A passenger ferry has been launched between the key southern ports of Chabahar and Konarak, both located in Sistan-Baluchestan Province. “The fully-equipped ferry will take tourists to the Tis…
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Iranian private airline Mahan Air will launch direct flights to Moscow from next week, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Wednesday.
On January 21 Mahan Air will launch direct…
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for November showing continued strong traffic growth above the 10-year average rate of 5.6%.
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The latest United Nations survey on international migrant trends reports that Iran is one of the world’s four countries with the highest number of refugees.
According to the Trends in…
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The exact strains of microorganisms used in probiotic products is required to be written on the products’ labels, as there are many different types of probiotics and all have different properties…
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A meeting of presidents of Persian-speaking universities will be held January 23 at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabai University. “The meeting will be attended by university officials from Iran,…
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A ceremony will be held at the National Library of Iran to honor Dr. Abbas Sheibani, the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) after the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
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An estimated 24,000 foreign nationals, mostly Afghan refugees, have been covered under the literacy programs in the current year (ends March 20), said Ali Baqerzadeh, head of Iran’s Literacy…
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Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said that during the first eight months of the current year (ends March 20) 88 people died due to aluminum phosphide (or locally known as ‘rice tablet’)…
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The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization has plans to increase blood donation among regular donors so as to reach the target of 90%.
Over 2.1 million blood units are donated to the IBTO…
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People who have both diabetes and depression may have an easier time keeping their blood sugar levels under control if they also take medication to address their mental health symptoms, a US study…
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An illegal trade in the swim bladder of the rare totoabas has placed both these fish and the world’s smallest and rarest marine mammal — the vaquita — at risk of extinction, a report by the London…
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Efforts to stop and reverse the destruction of the Anzali Wetland have failed so far, according to a senior official at the Department of Environment, turning the ecologically-rich wetland into a…
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The University of Tabriz is acquiring new equipment to be able to use satellite images to monitor the progress of the embattled Lake Urmia’s restoration efforts.
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The head of Tehran Cycling Board, affiliated to the Cycling Federation of Iran, announced that 120 bike sharing terminals will be set up across the capital as part of a bicycle-sharing initiative…
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It has happened to many people. Feeling a vibration, they reach into their pockets wrongly believing that their mobile phones have just rung.
The phenomenon has a name: ‘phantom vibration…
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