More than 70% of middle-aged Iranians (over the age of 45), 20% of children under the age of two, and 45% of all Iranians are obese or overweight, said Zahra Abdollahi, director general of…
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The rate of Alzheimer’s disease is rising in the country, said director of Iran Alzheimer’s Association Masoumeh Salehi. “Based on the latest data, there are nearly 600,000 people living with the…
The Majlis (parliament) recently passed a bill to bring healthcare services for different types of psychological disorders under basic and complementary insurance from the next fiscal year which…
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and death worldwide, and its prevalence is predicted to increase in the next few years. Cancer prevention strategies include making healthy lifestyle choices…
Implementation of the second phase of Milad Project is marked by delays due to the failure to chalk out a suitable plan so far, after the winning design proposed by the late British-Iraqi…
On average, there are 10,000 children living at welfare centers across the country, but the adoption rate is only 1,200 children per year, said Habibollah Masoudi Farid, deputy head of the State…
The University of Tehran has became a member of the International Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD), a nonprofit scientific organization, founded by and dedicated to scientists working in the…
Currently, 33,000 Iranian households who have a breadwinner in jail are under coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (IKRC), said its deputy director Fatemeh Rahbar, a lawmaker. “The IKRC…
Preschools and primary schools were closed in Tehran on Saturday, as the sprawling city experienced its second consecutive day of dangerously high pollutant levels.
For the second day in a…
A day after poachers killed a rhino and de-horned it in the Bagori forest range of Kaziranga, in the state of Assam, India, seven staff members of the park, including three constables of the state…
American researchers say there is an experiential basis for skepticism about climate change in the country.
“The local weather conditions people experience likely play a role in what they…
The hunting of birds along the coastal areas of Mazandaran Province has long been a hotly debated topic between environmental officials and hunters, but it has recently become more serious due to…
Researchers from the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health found that women physicians tending to hospitalized patients over 65 had fewer patients die under their care than their male…
Stricter controls have been imposed on the use of pesticides and wastewater in irrigation in the past two years by the Health Ministry’s Environment Health and Safety Office.
Unmethodical…
Gender selection procedures in the country are offered since 2004 to couples who want to choose the sex of their child before birth for different reasons including dreams of raising a son or…
Psychological disorders comprise an urgent health problem in today’s world, said head of State Welfare Organization Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei. “About 25% of the Iranian population are grappling…
Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, while women and girls comprise 71%, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report.
Research conducted by the Iran Drug Control Headquarters (IDCH) recently, shows that 28% of Iranians aged 15 to 64 showed an inclination for illegal drugs as they believed that “drugs such as…
The Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization of Iran has allocated $2.5 million (100 billion rials) to fight avian influenza in seven provinces.
The announcement was made by Esmail…
Freezing temperatures and frost have cost saffron and pomegranates farmers in Khorasan Razavi Province an estimated $216.5 million (8,660 billion rials) in losses, said Mojtaba Mazrouei, head of…
A comprehensive database on breast cancer was launched on Thursday in Shiraz, Fars Province in the presence of deputy health minister for research and technology Reza Malekzadeh. The database will…
With plans to develop Hendurabi’s tourism infrastructure, the Persian Gulf island is expected to become ready to host travelers during the upcoming Iranian New Year holidays known as Norouz (…
Construction on Iran’s largest ski resort in Zardkouh, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province, will commence next year, according to a provincial tourism official.
A sub-range in the central Zagros…
Thai AirAsia X is suspending all of its Middle Eastern operations, just a few months after it entered the region. The Bangkok-based low-cost carrier started flying to Muscat and Tehran in June…
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan intend to launch direct flights to the Iranian capital Tehran.
President Hassan Rouhani, who is touring Central Asia, met with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan…
