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  • Health will be marked from April 21 to April 27 across the country. During the health week, different high-quality educational TV programs will be broadcast to raise people’s awareness about…

  • A special quota in parliament (Majlis) seats for women should be considered a necessity to promote women’s presence in decision making positions, said Ashraf Borujerdi, a women’s right activist.…

  • Controversial designs of what might become the world’s tallest hotel in a Swiss village are being unveiled.

    Deep in the Swiss Alps lies the small village of Vals, which 1,000…

  • A research conducted by Aditi Sodhi, an editor of the Mapsofworlds.com weblog, aimed at finding some of the most unusual houses in world resulted in the following list of the planet’s top ten…

  • A group of researchers including an Iranian scientist have developed a smartphone app that can detect bacteria and disease in the blood.

  • Permits issued last year (ended March 20) to gain access to restricted traffic zones will be valid till April 20.  “Given that some people have not yet received the new traffic permits,…

  • Two lines of Tehran-Mazandaran highway’s forth section, between the two towns of Chalus and Marzanabad, opened recently, said Heydar Nowruzi, general director of Mazandaran’s roads and urban…

  • The end of fishing season is approaching and fishermen jump at the last opportunity to catch bone fish, weathering the tumultuous sea.  Fishermen embarked on their fishing trips on October 12…

  • During Nowruz holidays, over 4 million teachers made use of special accommodations provided for teachers. Public relations deputy at the ministry of education said overall 959, 063 families were…

  • A s Nowrouz holidays came to an end on Friday and the last holiday-makers headed home, road accidents still cast a shadow on the joyful spirit of the festive holiday season marking  the…

  • The production of loin of tuna fish known as ‘red meat without cholesterol’ was launched to supply  minced and sliced fillet in different weights (0.5 kg and 1 kg), IANA reported.

  • Kish Island is gradually transforming into a place for residential constructions. The island, meant to be a tourism attraction and a dynamic and competitive place for free trade, is increasingly…

  • Think twice before you settle down for your favourite TV show as every hour you spend in front of the idiot box increases the risk of developing diabetes by over three percent, warns a study…

  • The 16th edition of the International Festival of Archaeological Film featured 22 films from 10 countries at the Gallery of Frescoes in Belgrade from March 19-25, with Iran, as this year’s guest…

  • A collection of exquisite Iranian handicraft is on display at Iran’s pavilion in Milan Expo 2015.

  • T o observe the rapid changes taking place in Tehran, one doesn’t need to climb rooftops of buildings. Landscape changes in the city are too glaring to escape notice.

  • Research indicates the disadvantages of using timers at traffic lights outweigh their benefits and that is what has prompted the traffic officials to consider removing them by the end of the…

  • In the aftermath of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, questions are being raised about whether Andreas Lubitz — the co-pilot believed to have brought the plane down intentionally — was…

  • To ensure health and wellbeing improvement across the country, several important measures were taken by health ministry over the past year (ended on March 20), including deployment of more than…

  • Restricted traffic zones including restricted zones based on cars’ registration numbers for odd & even days are reportedly to be lifted in the capital.  Valiollah…

  • Head of Iran Red Crescent’s Relief and Rescue Organization Nasser Charkhsaz voiced the organization’s readiness to dispatch aid and medicine to Yemen.

    Expressing sympathy with the people in…

  • Social Security Organization (SSO) will undergo a major overhaul during this year (started March 21).  Health Deputy at the SSO announced the reforms will target the inefficient system which…

  • Sustained and prolonged involvement of the youth in social affairs is needed to achieve its full implication for the society. Reza Hojjatti, the social deputy at the ministry of sports and youth…

  • To reduce the dominance of the state over major parts of the economy, the government should at explore methods for optimal public-private interaction, through which the private sector will take…

  • In a written note, the mayor of Italy’s capital city, Ignazio Marino, congratulated the Nowruz to Iranian residents in Rome. He considered Nowruz a very good chance for spreading love, peace,…