The municipality’s first women’s shelter with a capacity to house 100 homeless women, opened in district 22 of Tehran, said Farzad Hooshyar Parsian, head of Tehran Municipality’s Welfare, Services…
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Use of sodium dithionite (also known as sodium hydrosulfite or ‘blanket’), a white crystalline powder, is banned in traditional bakeries in Iran, said Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi. “…
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Iranian researchers used nanoparticles to design a highly accurate and high speed biosensor that can accurately detect the level of HCG hormone in the body, Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council…
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A combination of wildfires, droughts and climate change has accelerated the rate of desertification in Iran to new and serious levels.
By some estimates, nearly 50,000 hectares of…
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An estimated 2.5 trillion rials ($70 million) is needed every year to stop harvesting timber from Iran’s depleting northern forests, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture…
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Indonesia’s forest fires and subsequent haze pollution this year have cost the country “more than twice” the amount spent on reconstruction efforts after the 2004 Aceh tsunami.
In its…
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Work began Tuesday in Kerman Province on a water supply tunnel project supposed to be longest of its kind in the Middle East.
Approximately 38 kilometers long and 3.9 meters wide, the…
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A new climate change report has said the Arctic is experiencing dramatic changes, with a chief scientist warning that the effects could be widespread. Walruses and fish have also been hit…
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Along with joy, delicious treats and presents, the holiday season can bring unwanted stress and aggravation. Now, a new study suggests helping friends and strangers can alleviate the effect of…
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The 8th Scientific Congress on Fertility and Infertility organized by the research center of the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science will be held at the university campus from December…
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Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has emphasized the need to reduce the amount of salt in certain food products and warned about the risk of goiter in case of neglecting consumption of…
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Close to 25% of students of universities of medical sciences in Tehran use tobacco, says Mohammad Reza Masjedi, secretary-general of International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (…
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Due to the recent outbreak of swine flu in Sistan-Baluchestan and Kerman provinces, and several cases of seasonal influenza as a result of early onset of winter, several pharmacies have increased…
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Seven million doses of domestically-produced polio vaccine has been provided to the Health Ministry since the beginning of this year (started March 21), said Hamid Kahram, head of Razi Vaccine and…
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Since the outbreak of swine flu three weeks ago in two provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan, over 800 cases of the H1N1 virus have been reported across the country, said Mohammad Mehdi Gouya…
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Iran has the 17th largest population in the world, according to the United Nations 2015 Human Development Report.
The report says that the national population grew by one million since 2014…
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The average age of prisoners has declined to 30 years, while it was 36 in the last decade, said Asghar Jahangir, head of Iran’s Prisons Organization, adding that most of the cyber criminals are in…
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A Spanish tour operator is planning to launch direct flights between Tehran and three Spanish cities next summer to expand bilateral tourism.
Speaking to the Spanish news agency EFE in…
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The world’s airlines will post record net profits of some $33 billion in 2015 — exceeding the cost of capital for the first time — while predicting a staggering $36.3 billion in profits in 2016,…
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The 2nd Greek Tourism Workshop will be held in Tehran on January 12, 2016. The event will be held in a luxury hotel and will be attended by Greek Deputy Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura.
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Tehran’s transport and tour officials have agreed to cooperate to upgrade old tour buses that ply the sprawling metropolis.
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Officials from the Foreign Ministry and representatives from the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture will meet on December 20 to discuss tourism and issues related to the…
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The Health Ministry has sent a proposal to the government to increase prices of sweet and greasy food products, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration. “Such foods as well…
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The annual capacity of the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization has reached 400,000 liters of plasma production, but there is still a deficit of 200,000 liters in order to reach self-reliance.
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The average age of strabismus surgery (to correct misalignment of the eye) is one year globally while it is three years in the country. The surgery might not be as effective after the age of two…
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