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<p>Iran people news, Read the latest news on Iran's society, including developments in sciences, education, universities, and students, along with stories about Iran health sector.&nbsp;</p>

  • Cultural heritage officials could hand over the imperiled Badab-e-Soort, an iconic natural heritage site in the northern Mazandaran Province, to the private sector in the coming months.

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  • Passport-free travel between New Zealand and Australia is being promoted by the tourism sector to boost travel, with officials on both sides of the Tasman are now working to make it a reality. The…

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  • The expected influx of tourists could cause a severe shortage of tour guides, according to board member of the Tourist Guides’ Association.

    “Tourism seems to be booming, but the ensuing…

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  • China’s one-child policy could soon change. The country of 1.3 billion people laid down family planning rules in the late 1970s to control population growth, Euronews reported.

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  • Annually, more than 90 million tons of agricultural products are produced in the country. Nearly 95% of domestically grown farm products don’t contain high amounts of pesticide residue. “Only a…

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  • Five hectares has been allocated to the Bandar Abbas Islamic Azad University for the construction of technology parks to support knowledge-based companies and businesses in the field, said…

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  • Social policies on children will be analyzed to assess their weaknesses and strengths and to streamline them on par with national objectives.

    Social development of children to their full…

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  • A center to prevent social ills among students was established at the Education Ministry, said Mehrzad Hamidi, deputy minister for physical education and health. “A multi-faceted package…

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  • The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) is ready to send relief and medical teams to Afghanistan and Pakistan that were hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday.

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  • Iran’s cyber police are fighting cybercrimes and cyber hackers by monitoring more than 15,000 websites since August this year.

    The measure will last until September 21, 2016. So far, 70…

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  • The Crisis Management Organization (CMO) recently sent a letter to 14 committees and provincial director generals of the organization asking them to be prepared for early winter.

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  • Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis than Rwanda or Iraq, a report from the London Assembly says.

    A third of London’s boroughs suffer from high rates of TB, with more than 40…

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  • Lion populations in West, Central and East Africa are in danger of declining by as much as half in the next two decades, according to a study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National…

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  • The Hamoun Wetlands’ revival and upholding water rights have always been the main topics of discussion with Afghanistan, according to Iran’s top diplomat.

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  • About 43% of coral reefs around Kish Island in the Persian Gulf are bleached, director for coasts and marine biomes at the Department of Environment, said. Speaking at a press conference on…

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  • Despite the increasing demand for ship breaking, the Department of Environment is opposed to the environmentally harmful practice, a deputy at the department has said.

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  • I n recent years, Iran has seen an influx of foreign patients, especially from neighboring countries Iraq and Afghanistan.

     However, according to health experts, due to the lack of…

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  • One of the world’s top meat exporters Australia Tuesday ridiculed a landmark UN report linking sausages and ham to cancer, saying it was “a farce” to suggest they could be as lethal as cigarettes…

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  • In a recent meeting with Central Asian heads of national anti-narcotic agencies, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, said despite the UN reports that narcotics production in 2015 has…

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  • German multinational engineering and electronics company Bosch, is ready to invest in Iran’s pharmaceutical industry.

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  • The Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc) has published a book which records over 28,000 scientific contributions by Iranians. Titled ‘Iranian Knowledge:…

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  • The divorce rate in the country surged by 9.3% in the first half of this year (started March 21) vis-à-vis the corresponding period last year, said Ali Akbar Mahzoon, head of Information,…

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  • Traditional methods are currently used in farming herbal plants while it must incorporate modern technology, said Soheila Haqgoo, the head of quality control laboratories at the research center of…

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  • The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs signed a memorandum of understanding with the Information Technology and Digital Media Development Center affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic…

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  • The first Comprehensive Tissue and Wound Healing Center will be established by the health and medicine department of the Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR).

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