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The 13th International Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Congress will be held on November 9-11 at Olympic Hotel in Tehran.

Five Iranian universities are listed in the latest QS University Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Sharif University of Technology, Tehran University, Iran University of Science and…

Britain’s native dormouse has declined by more than a third since the year 2000, according to a new report by wildlife charity, the People’s Trust for Endangered Species.

The State of…

A pilot tourism project will soon start in Rouchoun Wildlife Refuge in Ashouradeh, the only Iranian island in the Caspian Sea, said an official in the Department of Environment.

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Tehran’s Governorate has declared that the use of grass in the capital’s green spaces is not prohibited while urging the municipality to consider less water-intensive alternatives.

Iran’s top environmental official has called on the United Nations to cooperate with Iran in achieving its Sustainable Development Goals.

Massoumeh Ebtekar, a vice president and the head of…

A decade ago, California vowed to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

With the United States’ most populous state is on track to meet that target, Governor Jerry Brown on…

An estimated 80% of Iranians drink low quality imported tea which contains artificial flavor and harmful additives, said the head of Food and Drug Administration. “This is the situation when…

Social Emergency Centers across the country provided free counseling to 4,200 people with suicidal  tendencies in the last Iranian year that ended in March, of whom 2,800 were women and 1,400…

Iran’s nanotechnology industry has been making rapid progress, said Saeed Sarkar, the secretary of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council on Thursday. “Currently, 17 countries import Iran-made…

A tunnel collapse killed four workers building a new station for Tehran’s metro network, news outlets reported on Thursday. The fatal accident happened when a concrete cladding on a tunnel fell on…

The National Document on Traditional Medicine was presnted at the opening ceremony of the Third National Festival and Exhibition of Medicinal Plants, Natural Products, and Traditional Iranian…

Twelve years ago, the parliament passed a law that permitted surrogacy for infertile married couples and it was approved by the Guardian Council.

More than 750 million adults, including 115 million young people across the world are illiterate, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the occasion of International Literacy Day…

Tiny magnetic particles produced by car engines and brakes can travel into the human brain and may trigger Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have warned.

A French government report has proposed to set up an institute to monitor developments in the tourism industry following recent attacks in the country.

The publisher of an in-flight magazine for Air China has apologized after becoming embroiled in a racism row.

The magazine, Wings of China, carried an article advising passengers to take “…

Total air passenger traffic increased 5.9% year-over-year in July, which shows an improvement on June’s 5.2% growth, according to IATA’s latest Air Passenger Market Analysis.

July capacity…

In order to develop the country’s tourism industry, it is essential that Majlis Cultural Commission gets involved, according to a member of the Parliamentary Tourism Group.

Seyyed Sadeq…

Twenty-nine historical buildings in 10 provinces are to be auctioned by Iran’s Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places. The date of the auction has not been disclosed yet, but it…

Iran’s share of the $162-billion halal tourism sector is a meager 3%, which in no way reflects the country’s potential in this key category of tourism, according to the country’s top tourism…

An estimated 28 million children around the globe have been driven from their homes by violent conflict, with nearly as many abandoning their homes in search of a better life, UNICEF said in a…

A child playing outdoors was killed after a land mine from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war was set off in Sardasht, a town in the northwestern Iranian province of West Azarbaijan on Tuesday (Sep 6).…

National primary education assessment system has undergone some changes over the past decade. Based on new evaluation, students’ achievements and abilities in their report cards are not…

With the flu season fast approaching, flu shots have been distributed in pharmacies across the country, said the head of Food and Drug Administration.

“A sufficient amount of flu vaccine…