The devastating floods in Lorestan and its neighboring provinces have caused more than $60 million in damage, including $15 million in agricultural losses, said Houshang Bazvand, Lorestan governor…
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Two Iranians are among 27 young researchers who won the prestigious ‘Green Talents’ award at the International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development.
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Face-lift surgery can make you look 10 years younger, but that won’t affect much of a change in your self-esteem, a study says.
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The Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc. will export technology for production of three widely used medicines by kidney and liver patients, in collaboration with Iranian…
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Fillings could increase the risk of decay in neighboring teeth, dentists warn, as they say the wrong approach can lead to damage.
Fillings could do more harm than good, senior dentists…
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The University of Tehran and Russia’s Saint Petersburg State University will cooperate in various academic and scientific areas.
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A new school for Afghan refugee children has opened in Shourabad, Rey County in south Tehran, and 700 kids have enrolled so far.
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Dystrophy needs more attention in the health sector, said Ramak Heidari, head of the Iran Muscular Dystrophy Association. “If not addressed in a timely and efficient manner, the disease burden…
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The number of night bus services operating on specific routes in the capital will soon increase to nine, said Payman Sanandaji, managing director of the Tehran Bus Company. “In September, two of…
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Iran experienced an 84% increase in precipitation during the month of Mehr (September 23 – October 22) compared to the long-term average, an official at the Iran Meteorological Organization said…
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Iran must enter serious talks with Afghanistan and Tajikistan over the barter of electricity for water, the spokesman of the Majlis Energy Commission said on Friday.
Speaking to ILNA,…
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Iran’s top environmental official has condemned the “politicization of the environment” by a select few in the wake of a recent protest outside her office at the Department of Environment in…
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The head of the Department of Environment, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and Matti Anttonen, director of the Department for External Economic Relations at the Finnish Foreign Ministry held talks on ways to…
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Flash floods, triggered by heavy rainfall on Wednesday night killed six people in two western provinces, Ilam and Lorestan, the head of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red…
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Misuse and abuse of medication is one of the leading problems in the national health sector. This has also given rise to other health issues, including organ damage, failure and transplantation.…
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China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy.
Couples will now be allowed to have two children, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement from the ruling…
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The rate of Hepatitis B has dropped from 3.2% in 1994 to 1.7% in 2015, said Mahmoud Nabavi, deputy head of the Center for Contagious Diseases affiliated to the Health Ministry.
“Since 1994…
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The world’s largest kidney tumor weighing 7.9 kilograms was successfully removed from a female patient at Tehran’s Mostafa Khomeini Hospital.
A team of surgeons headed by urologist Dr.…
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The Education Ministry is implementing the “Prudence and Excellence” initiative in all primary schools. “The program will enhance and improve managerial procedures and methods in schools,” said…
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Funding for nomad students’ education has increased by 247% under the Rouhani administration, compared to the allocation by the previous government, said Ali Naghi Yazdanpanah, director general of…
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A parasitic worm-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel Prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers.
Early data coming out of trials of Ivermectin in Burkina Faso suggest it…
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One in every 100 newborns in the country has autism, says Dr. Leyla Ataei, scientific secretary of the upcoming First National Autism Conference.
“Global data shows the number of children…
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Delhi, the world’s most polluted city, suffers a toxic blend of geography, growth, poor energy sources and unfavorable weather that boosts its dangerously high levels of air pollution, scientists…
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London’s British Museum is to train a group of Iraqi heritage professionals to deal with the aftermath of Islamic State’s destruction of archaeological sites such as Nineveh, Nimrud and Hatra.…
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Quoting Pakistan’s Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael, The News reports that two passenger ferries have been shortlisted to operate between Karachi and Gwadar in Pakistan and the…
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