Two evaluators from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, affiliated with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, will assess Iran’s Lut Desert in the coming days…
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New airport visa regulations aimed at facilitating foreign arrivals have gone into effect, two months after their approval.
Henceforth, most foreign travelers will be able to receive month-…
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Air France seems keen to resume flights to Iran following the start of the implementation of the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers.
As Europe 1 reports, Air France-KLM…
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London’s 156-year-old Big Ben clock, which has already shown signs of its age this year by chiming late—may now need major repairs that could leave one of the British capital’s major landmarks…
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and German Society for International Cooperation, or GIZ, issued a joint statement on Tuesday announcing cooperation on sustainable…
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A specialized medical team from Germany is offering reconstructive and plastic surgery services to the country’s war veterans until October 20, said Iraj Arabi, director general of Bonyad Shahid (…
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Premature birth may result in weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, thereby increasing risk of neurological and psychiatric…
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Nearly 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes, according to the World Health Organization’s Global status report on road safety 2015, despite improvements in road…
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About 8.3% of the population is elderly, said Farid Barati Saddeh, head of the Secretariat of the National Council of the Elderly (SNCE).
“Currently, there are 6.4 million people over 60…
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Iran’s Bank Melli will issue organ donation cards in a selective number of branches. The cards were unveiled during a ceremony attended by bank CEO Abdolnaser Hemmati and Ali Akbar Velayati, head…
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Many people believe that unemployment is the main cause of drug addiction in the country, but figures indicate that 53% of drug addicts are employed and “some of them even have government jobs,”…
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Agreements to establish two medical laboratories in Zahedan and Karaj were signed between the Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI) and a French charity, during Health Minister Hassan Hashemi’s visit to…
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Threats and verbal insults are among the top crimes in the country, for which the Judiciary is enacting rules of punishment, said Mohammadbagher Olfat, deputy head of the Judiciary.
“Verbal…
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Amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” affects around 2-3 in every 100 children in the US, making it the most common cause of visual impairment in childhood. But a new study suggests there may be a simple…
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Tests on Euro-4 gasoline distributed in Tehran have shown significantly high amounts of sulfur, CEO of Tehran Air Quality Control Company said.
“However, octane ratings were within the…
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he would cut funding for the US Environmental Protection Agency. “Environmental Protection,” Trump said on Fox News Sunday after…
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Aras River, which is contaminated by pollutants, is expected to be cleaned up by January 2017, Mohammad Javad Soroush, deputy for water and soil at the Department of Environment said on Sunday.
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As UN diplomats convened in Bonn on Monday, developing nations were balking at the latest draft of a global climate agreement to be inked in Paris in December, negotiators and experts said.
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Results of clinical trials show promise in reducing the progression of multiple sclerosis, researchers say. The new drug could be on the market by 2017.
The experimental drug has shown…
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Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine will be produced in the country by the end of the current year (March 20, 2016).
Vaccine production has resumed after a five-year suspension period, said…
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Heavy rainfall on Sunday caused flooding in six provinces including Gilan, Ardabil, Golestan, Mazandaran, Sistan-Baluchistan and Kerman. Rescue and relief teams were sent to nine cities and 27…
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Over 150 locally produced food products were given the Food Safety Label by the Food and Drug Administration at a conference on the occasion of World Food Day. Products that promote health among…
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The joint Iranian-German research center for new medical technologies will begin phase one of its activities in three months, according to Fathollah Moztarzadeh, president of the Iranian…
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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can unite the world towards ending extreme poverty and discrimination, said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Ban on the International Day…
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Anew study looking at sleep habits among pre-industrial societies found that our ancestors most likely weren’t getting their eight hours of sleep, either.
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