Regional states can draw on Iran’s experience in measures taken in rural and urban healthcare,” said Peter Slama, UNICEF director for Middle East and North Africa, in a meeting with Health…
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Nearly 6,000 primary school students in Tehran who were trained in road traffic rules and law-abidance prior to the start of the academic year (September 23), were commended by President Hassan…
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The International Committee of the Red Cross is ready to help the process of identifying the bodies of Iranian pilgrims who were killed in the September 24 stampede in Mina, near the holy city of…
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The third hearing in the trial of billionaire Babak Zanjani, who is facing corruption charges, was held on Tuesday (Oct. 6) in branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court.
The previous two…
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Iran’s National Environment Fund and Germany’s Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, IRNA reported. Based on the MoU, the two…
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Incidence of goats and sheep afflicted with ovine rinderpest disease, or PPR, has been decreasing in Zanjan Province, according to Reza Ramezani, a public relations officer at the provincial…
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Plans to combat dust storms in the embattled Khuzestan Province will not progress, as long as adequate budget is not allocated, said a professor of geochemistry at Shahid Chamran University of…
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South Korea’s Hoesung Lee, selected on Tuesday to head the UN’s panel of climate scientists, favors wider pricing of carbon dioxide output to curb emissions of the greenhouse gases the group…
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Brands of household water filtration appliances will be reviewed in a joint project involving the Ministry of Health and Department of Environment.
“Quality of drinking water directly…
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A long-term study of animal populations around Chernobyl has found wildlife to be flourishing in the absence of human activity.
A team of scientists surveyed the human exclusion zone…
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While most developed countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years to define ‘elderly’ or older person, in Iran women are considered elderly at the age of 58, said Vice-President for…
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A rehabilitation center for newborns has opened for the first time in the country.
The center is located in Sistan-Baluchestan Province to take care of newborns who are victims of drug…
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An 11-year-old boy has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot dead his eight-year-old neighbor and schoolmate over a puppy. McKayla Dyer died on Sunday after she was shot in the chest…
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Japan’s Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura and Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi signed the first memorandum of understanding between the two sides in…
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The safe drinking water protocol will be implemented in 11 provinces this year (started March 21) in line with World Health Organization guidelines, said Khosrow Sadeghniat, head of the Health…
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The rate of extreme poverty is likely to fall this year to under 10% of the global population for the first time, the World Bank said Sunday, though there is still “great concern” over the growing…
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About $3 billion is needed to extend school safety across the country, said Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani at the Second Meeting of Safe School Leaders.
“One-third of all schools are…
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A study from Lund University, Sweden, states that young men exposed to high concentrations of a phthalate compound called di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or DEHP could potentially face problems with…
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Experts from the France-based International Center for Earthen Architecture, CRAterre, have traveled to Yazd to help local cultural heritage officials complete the dossier for Yazd historical…
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An American Airlines pilot died mid-flight after experiencing a medical emergency on Monday, airline officials confirmed to ABC News. The flight was en route from Boston to Phoenix when someone…
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has supported the opening of 14 private museums over the past two years, Mohammad Reza Kargar, the organization’s director general…
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A senior official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has called Airbnb-style accommodation in the Iranian capital “illegal” and warned that legal action could be…
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A strong rise in the number of tourists from China, Hong Kong and India contributed to 6.5% growth in international arrivals to Australia in August.
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UNESCO’s director general on Monday condemned the destruction of the Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by Islamic State militants, saying they “are terrified by history and…
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Miillions of parents will be covered by the nationwide program to strengthen family bonds developed recently by experts at the Education Ministry.
Accordingly, four training sessions will…
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