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  • Shariati Hospital’s hematology and oncology center, is among the world’s top three medical centers in terms of the number of hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (HSCT) performed, said Dr…

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  • Iran’s 8 top universities are listed among the top 750 universities around the world, an official said.

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  • A working group tasked with the restoration of Jazmourian Wetland will be formed to speed up the revival of the imperiled lagoon, according Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of…

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  • A senior official at the Department of Environment said Iran’s protected zones will soon open up to tourists.

    Speaking at a press conference at the DOE headquarters on Wednesday, Hamid…

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  • About 5,400 kilometers of coastlines and 30 islands are threatened by marine pollution, said the Department of Environment’s deputy for marine environment. “Most sources of marine pollution—about…

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  • Coral reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as “The Blob”, scientists said on Thursday.…

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  • Two separate MoUs were signed by the traditional medicine faculties of Austria and Hungary with the traditional medicine faculty of Tehran’s Medical Sciences University to undertake joint measures…

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  • Anoushiravan University of Babol in Mazandaran Province will host the 18th Meeting of Association of Caspian Sea State Universities on October 14-15. “Signing academic memorandums of…

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  • All Iranian pilgrims injured in the recent deadly crush in Mina, near Mecca, have been transferred home, said Pir Hossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) hospital in the…

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  • Harvard’s champion debate team has been put in their place - by a group of New York prison inmates.

    The showdown took place at the maximum security Eastern New York Correctional Facility,…

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  • An over-reliance on computers and search engines is weakening people’s memories, according to a study.

    It showed many people use computers instead of memorizing information.

    Many…

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  • The Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) imports blood products only for in vitro culture in IBTO laboratories and to produce drugs derived from blood plasma in certain treatments. Import…

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  • The company that produces ‘Damavand’ bottled water has reopened and resumed operations after health and safety inspections, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug Administration.

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  • The Iran International Neuroscience Institute founded by Prof. Majid Samii, which is currently under construction, will be inaugurated on April 17, 2016.

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  • National Children’s Day (October 8) was celebrated at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran on Thursday in cooperation with Iran’s national body on…

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  • Expansion of tourism in the country’s numerous villages is an efficient way to create jobs, said the deputy of the secretariat of High Council for Free Zones for cultural, social and tourism…

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  • In the past two years, Iran’s tourism has seen a growth thrice as much as that of global rate, head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masoud Soltanifar, said…

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  • Authorities in Paris are making significant strides in cracking down on crime against tourists.

    Police have confirmed that their ongoing efforts to beef up patrols at popular tourist…

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  • The lodging capacities of Alborz Province are limited to three 3-star hotels and a few apartment hotels and guesthouses, director general for tourism in the Alborz Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts…

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  • The largest health town and mountainside hospital in the country are under construction in Sib Tourist Resort located between the cities of Damavand and Firouzkuh in Tehran province.

    The…

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  • Natural deliveries has seen a 5-10% increase with the implementation of the Health Reform Plan which seeks to encourage natural births and reduce cesarean sections, said Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq,…

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  • A total of 148 type one cancer centers will be inaugurated in 113 cities across Iran, said deputy health minister Mohammad Aqajani. “The construction of all centers has begun, and we hope they…

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  • A pharmaceutical company, affiliated to the Social Security Organization, has used the latest technology in production of beta-lactam antibiotics. The locally produced antibiotics are now…

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  • Only 11% of children in the country attend kindergarten before they start school, said Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head of the Social Welfare Organization (SWO). “In the upcoming five-year…

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  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appealed to the international community to refocus attention on Afghanistan, warning that it would be dangerous to ignore the country…

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