Only 3% of Iranians have ‘organ donor cards’, said Dr. Omid Ghobadi, deputy head of the health ministry’s Organ Donation and Transplantation Center. “Despite medical advances, sufficient effort…
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Herbal medicine is two to four times more expensive than chemical medicines, says Mohammadbagher Rezaie, head of the Iranian Council of Herbal Medicine.
In the absence of insurance cover…
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T he law to uphold the rights of children proposed to the Majlis (parliament) by the Judiciary, is set to be ratified before the next parliamentary elections (in March 2016), said the spokesperson…
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Shelters for homeless addicts can help reduce their presence and visibility in the streets of Tehran, said Masumeh Abad, head of the Safety and Crisis Management Committee at Tehran City Council,…
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A simple infection in the body can have such a profound effect on the brain that a person’s IQ can drop, new research claims.
Danish researchers say the link is very real - and the more…
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Pictures of a young woman hanging in the air and cleaning windows of a Tehran skyscraper have been doing the rounds in social media. Some commented that economic constraints should not force a…
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Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer developed by Iran’s Clinical Society of Oncology have been sent to the health ministry and the executive authority, said…
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The 5th Caspian Youth Summit will commence in Chalus, Mazandaran Province, on May 26 and run till June 1 with representatives from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran.
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Bus and subway fare will be reduced by 50% for students in Tehran and it will be free for children under seven years of age, based on a bill passed by the Tehran City Council, said deputy mayor…
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Qeytarieh, Andisheh, and Velayat Parks in Tehran will host three open-air markets during this year’s holy month of Ramadan (starts June 18) where female breadwinners can offer their products in…
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The first international school of pharmacy will be established in Iran with the cooperation of the ministry of health and medical education, said Dr. Hamid Akbari, head of education services at…
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Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar has written to the director general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and the secretary general of the…
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Tourism arrivals to Nepal have dropped by as much as 85% since two massive earthquakes struck the country within the past month, according to the Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO).
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The cultural-historical complex of Sheikh Abol-Hassan Kharaghani in Ghal’e No village in Shahrud, Semnan Province is being renovated, said the head of Shahrud office of Iran’s Cultural Heritage,…
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Ramezan Rostami’s domestic greenhouse on his rooftop produced 1,300 kg of organic cucumbers in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).
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Talented students continue to receive special education after passing the entrance exam to the designated schools under the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET).…
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The establishment of four prisons has exacerbated problems, including infrastructural, in the new province of Alborz.
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Burma’s President Thein Sein has signed a law requiring some mothers to space their children three years apart despite international objections that it could be used to repress women and…
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The World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed every year on May 31 “to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence” from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe.
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Establishment of a sport psychology federation “is crucial to keep the young generation on track and prevent social divergence,” stressed Dr. Mohammad Kazem Vaez Mousavi, scientific secretary of…
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Close to 15,000 Afghans legally residing in Iran will be covered by the literacy campaign in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).
In line with a government directive, the…
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An Electronic Instructive Judicial System will soon be set up to help guide people through legal proceedings, said deputy manager of the Judiciary’s Center for Statistics and Information…
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Parliament (Majlis) passed a new bill recently to allocate $151.5 million (5,000 billion rials) to provide amenities for prisoners’ families, said Ali Asghar Jahangir, head of the Prisons…
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This year saw 90,143 applicants in the nationwide entrance exam for master’s degree in 58 branches of medical sciences, “of which 65,848 were women, and 23,295 men,” said Mohammad Hosseinpour,…
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Tehran bus services are planned to be relinquished to the private sector after strategic assessment and negotiations are carried out, said head of Tehran City Council’s Technical Development…
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