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  • The development of the tourism industry has become a major talking point in Iran in recent years.  Finding ways to expand different types of tours is an important step towards a realizing…

  • Launching day care centers at the workplace for female government employees is high on agenda at the social committee of the cabinet. Shahindokht Molaversi, vice-president for women and family…

  • Every year 7,000 tons of pink roses are produced, distilled and turned into rosewater and rose oil in Kashan villages. Annually 49,000 tons of different kinds of distillates are produced in the…

  • Duration of compulsory military service will remain 21 months in the current year (started March 21), said General Musa Kamali, head of the conscription office.

    Last year it was announced…

  • Four drug traffickers were captured by police in Tehran upon return from abroad.  During the operation, 6 kg of cocaine were seized and the cartel’s leader and three other members were…

  • Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) has recently developed a plan to cover more costly medications by the end of the current year (started March 21), Banker Website quoted Anoushiravan…

  • Almost a year after its historic launch, the Health Reform Plan is now poised to target one of the most challenging sectors of healthcare in Iran.

  • Since inception the applications of civil nuclear technology have been numerous. One well known and widely used is in the production of electricity. However, many other important contributions,…

  • Iran was elected to the executive board of the United Nations gender equality body for a three-year term.

  • Several plans have been developed to prevent oral diseases in the country. To be launched in the current year (started March 21), the programs can be placed in the two categories of sectoral and…

  • The first rice transplanting machine was used in Mazandaran Province on Saturday, said Azizollah Shahidifar, an official at Mazandran Agriculture Jihad Organization.  Mechanization is…

  • Stringent legal regulations on the import of food, cosmetics, and hygiene products will continue in the new Iranian calendar year (began March 21), ISNA reported.

  • British police investigating a spectacular heist in the heart of London’s jewelry district said Friday they knew a burglar alarm went off but didn’t respond.

  • What came as shocking news a few days ago has now taken the public by storm. The sexual harassment of two Iranian teenage pilgrims by Jeddah airport security forces has prompted a national protest…

  • Khuzestan and Alborz will be among the first provinces after Tehran to launch anger control centers. Youth affairs deputy at the ministry of youth and sports, Mahmoud Golzari, said his office…

  • There are 110 schools in the country with only one student and 5,000 others with fewer than five students attending them, according to Ali Asghar Fani, minister of education. He said this…

  • In a joint action, Bank Melli  and Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) unveiled the first Iranian tourism debit card late last week at the bank’s Imam Khomeini…

  • The first conference and specialized exhibition of Iranian souvenirs opens April 12 at Milad Tower in Tehran and will continue for three days.

    According to CHTN, the event is a joint action…

  • Organizing a series of tours for Iranians who are interested in visiting the Milan Expo 2015 has been put on the agenda, of a special tourism committee, announced the tourism deputy of Iran’s…

  • The International Council of Museums (ICOM) will be hosting an event to celebrate International Museum Day on May 15, 2015. This year’s event, themed ‘museums for a sustainable society’, aims to…

  • Fire-breathing, building-stomping Godzilla was welcomed in part of Tokyo on Thursday as a sign of prosperity, not destruction, Japan Times reported. The irradiated monster was appointed special…

  • The researchers admit they were surprised by the findings, which run contrary to current health advice.

    The analysis of nearly two million British people, in the Lancet Diabetes &…

  • During the past year municipalities in Iran hired three to five times more people than was necessary leading to financial and administrative problems.

  • In the controversial TV comedy series ‘Trivia’ now on air, there’s a fake surgeon who purports to have obtained a medical degree from an unknown university in the Philippines. But his alma mater…

  • Specialized exhibitions will be held at Shahr-e-Aftab (Sun City) Exhibition Complex in south  Tehran starting this year (from March 21), and the annual Tehran International Book Fair also be…