Nearly 87% of 18-29 year-olds in Tehran use at least one social networking app.
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More than 8,000 kindergartens will be equipped with closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) by the end of the current year (March 20, 2016), said Habibollah Masoudi Farid, deputy head of Social Affairs…
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More than 2,000 health teams have been sent to underprivileged and remote areas in the country since last august, said Farahnaz Rafe, deputy for volunteer affairs at the Iranian Red Crescent…
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Every five years an extensive statistical update on drug abuse and drug addiction among students is carried out and the next one will be conducted in autumn, said Parviz Afshar, deputy of Drug…
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Tehran’s Fire Stations and Safety Services Organization will inspect and identify “hazardous spots” in schools and adjacent environments, said its managing director Saeed Sharifzadeh.
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Students’ health, safety and academic performance are at risk due to the early start time of schools in most countries, according to new research.
Morning can often be a challenging period…
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The first production line for MS drugs was inaugurated on Wednesday at Dr. Abidi’s, one of the most reputed pharmaceutical companies in Iran.
As a first, ‘Dimethyl fumarate’ for MS patients…
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A relatively strong quake measuring 4.6 degrees on the Richter scale rattled the cities of Firouzkouh and Damavand in Tehran Province on Tuesday.
The tremors were also felt in some parts of…
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Iran’s first 1,000-bed nuclear hospital is to be constructed in Tehran, Health Minister Hassan Hashemi announced on Tuesday.
The hospital with modern technologies will be constructed in…
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The home-sharing company Airbnb has agreed to incorporate in its prices a small tourist tax on rental apartments in Paris, following a request by Paris authorities. In a statement on Tuesday,…
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World powers that have “snatched” the cultural heritage of other people need to return it, Argentina’s president says.
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez announced Saturday that…
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization and bank managers discussed ways to promote the handicrafts industry.
ICHHTO’s deputy for handicrafts and traditional arts…
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To reconcile the perennial conflict between tour guides and vendors of Isfahan, the heads of Iran Federation of Tour Guide Associations and Isfahan Guilds signed a memorandum of understanding on…
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The International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage will host its 25th congress and international symposium in Taipei at the end of August, exposing Taiwan to new cultural…
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Eleven projects, worth 500 billion rials ($14.8 million) and aimed at mobilizing Hamedan Province’s tourism potential, will be completed by March 2017, according to President Hassan Rouhani.
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Representatives of the governments of Afghanistan and Iran and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reaffirmed their commitment to the principle of voluntary, safe and…
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In a new study, researchers from the US Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that regular caffeinated coffee intake may be associated with significantly reduced cancer recurrence and improve…
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In the first phase of the plan “to equip, modernize and integrate” the country’s paddy fields, 105 hectares will be modernized by the end of the Iranian year (March 20, 2016).
Paddy fields…
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Tuition fees for kindergartens will be revised according to their star rating. The fee will be increased by 15.5%, 17%, 18.5% and 20% for 0, 1, 2 and 3 stars respectively. The rating is not…
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Iran is ready to cooperate with the Ugandan police force, said Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari, in a meeting with Uganda’s visiting Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura…
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Alborz and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces have the highest and lowest divorce rates in the country, respectively. Most of divorces are in the age group 25-29 for both men and women, said Athareh…
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The national center for crisis management opened on Monday at the Interior Ministry building in Tehran.
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The number of people with dementia worldwide will triple from 47 million now to 132 million in 2050.
Dementia is an umbrella term for degenerative diseases of the brain characterized by a…
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Head of Pasteur Institute of Iran Mostafa Qaneyee, says Iran is ready to export Hepatitis and BCG vaccines to Syria. “The Syrian health minister who visited the institute recently, acknowledged it…
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August 13 marked the day when people used up 100% of the Earth’s resources this year, meaning that any consumption from that day onward represents an unsustainable burden on the planet we call…
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