The Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) will host the Health Technology Conference on November 9 and 10.
A first of its kind, the conference aims to introduce the latest…
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Land paucity is a pressing issue in the ever-expanding Tehran metropolis. Lack of space for the burgeoning population along with the growing number of private vehicles and the construction boom,…
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On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, November 2, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, called for safeguarding the right of journalists to speak the…
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The second round of inter-school Olympiads commenced Sunday in the presence of Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani. “The ministry has placed in-school activities on top of its agenda to promote…
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Snowfall which began Monday morning in the mountainous areas of Alborz Province has turned Karaj white and most of the towns, villages and hamlets in the province. De-icing salt is being sprayed…
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Officials battling the historic California drought have issued their first round of $500-a-day fines against four communities for being water hogs the past several months.
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French President François Hollande said Monday that Chinese support was “essential” to reaching an effective deal at the forthcoming climate change conference in Paris as he began a two-day state…
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Khuzestan lawmakers in the Majlis have asked the Department of Environment chief, Massoumeh Ebtekar, to attend a meeting next week in Parliament on the recent acid rain in Khuzestan Province that…
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Intermittent rainfall during the Iranian month of Mehr (September 23 – October 22) and continuous rainfall over the past few days (up to October 31) across Iran denote a 22-percent increase in…
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While most regions are affected by water shortage, the crisis is now spreading to provinces that were previously unaffected by the devastating phenomenon.
As such, finding new ideas and…
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An agreement on the construction of Iran’s 1,000-bed nuclear hospital in Velayat Park in southwest Tehran , has been signed by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ministry of…
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A drop in the unemployment rate does not necessarily signify an improvement in the employment market, says Ayoub Faramarzi, director of the Department of Economic Research at the Statistical…
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Around 300,000 people suffer from strokes annually in Iran, with 20% fatalities and 80% disabilities, the Statistical Center of Iran said in its latest report. “The rate of stroke has doubled…
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The Ibn al-Haytham Scientific Meeting for Optics was held at the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO on Saturday in Tehran. The conference commemorates Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), the Arab…
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An Iranian researcher is one of the four recipients of the Outstanding Young Scientists award for 2016 conferred by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Dr.
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Nearly 10,000 people ended up in hospitals across the country on Friday night due to respiratory problems brought on by the onset of rains. Health officials said the presence of a stimulant in…
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A total of $1.7 million (60 billion rials) was allocated to digitizing schools in North Khorasan Province over the past two years, said Ghanbar Ali Khosh Ayeneh, research and planning deputy at…
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Today, 1 in 5 adolescents in the country has some form of hearing impairment and the rate is significantly higher than it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Experts believe the reason is due to prolonged…
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The world needs to change its approach to fighting tuberculosis, say researchers in a new paper published in The Lancet.
“We are going to see worse epidemics and more drug resistance…
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Air France and Lufthansa said Saturday they will stop flying over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after a Russian passenger plane went down in the area with the loss of all 224 people on board.
The…
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With EU sanctions set to be lifted early next year, the German airline Eurowings is the latest carrier to announce that it will launch a new route to Tehran.
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The number of tourists traveling the world during the first eight months of this year reached 810 million, a more than 4% increase from the same period in 2014, thanks to “robust” travel to Europe…
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Museums ticket prices will increase 50% later his month, Samiollah Makarem Hosseini, deputy for development affairs at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, was quoted…
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Tehran Municipality says it has enhanced its capacity to host bigger numbers of tourists, Farzad Hoshyar Parsian, head of the Welfare, Social Services and Participation Organization at the TM,…
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Iran is ready to host Syrian tourists who are able to travel outside of their war-torn country, Morteza Rahmani Movahed, deputy for tourism affairs at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and…
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