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July 11, 2022 19:43
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March 03,2020With the production of 22 biopharmaceuticals, Iran has been able to save $1 billion, an official with the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology says. Mostafa Qanei, one of the office... -
February 24,2020Based on a multilateral agreement signed early this week, Iran Post Company will switch from motorcycles using fossil fuel to electric bikes to renovate its fleet and curb its carbon footprint. A...
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February 19,2020As projected in the draft budget of the fiscal 2020-21, the government has earmarked 26 trillion rials ($180.5 million) for streamlining public transportation development in Isfahan. According to...
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February 17,2020Seven spring fairs will be held in Tehran from March 4-14, says deputy governor of Tehran for economic affairs coordination. According to Mohammad Emami Amin, the fairs will offer essential goods...
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February 12,2020The recent subway network expansion in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad are expected to help curb air pollution and ease traffic congestion, making life easier for the citizens of these...
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February 12,2020Since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2019), production permits have been issued for 140 movies in Iran, the filming of 100 of which started from Dec. 22, 2019. A total of 38...
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February 05,2020Providing decent public transportation services has always been a major concern of urban managers. Now that the draft budget bill for the fiscal 2020-21 has determined the financial resources for...
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February 05,2020The rate of literacy among Iranians of ages 10 to 49 has reached 96% in the current Iranian year (ending March 19, 2020), indicating a 1.3% growth compared with the year ending March 2017
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January 27,2020As projected in the draft budget for fiscal 2020-21, the government has earmarked 50 trillion rials ($367 million) for upgrading the bus fleet. According to Mehdi Jamalinejad, head of Iran's...
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January 25,2020Unsafe roads, careless drivers and the poor quality of vehicles claim thousands of lives every year in Iran.
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January 20,2020Providing ecofriendly and efficient transportation has become a real challenge in Iranian megacities with a growing population and soaring demand. However, authorities are making efforts to...
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January 17,2020Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says flooding has inflicted damages on roads, bridges and waterways of the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province worth 7,000 billion rials...
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January 15,2020Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed an agreement with Tehran Metro Company for providing 800 tons of rails to boost the development of urban and intercity railroads. The deal was signed Monday...
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January 12,2020Heavy rainfall in the southern Hormozgan and southeastern Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces in the past few days has damaged houses, bridges, power/water infrastructure, flooded many streets...
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January 08,2020To curb the growing annoyance of dilapidated motorcycles in the capital city of Tehran, several state institutions have signed a multilateral agreement to resume the scrappage of old two-wheelers...
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January 06,2020As projected in the draft budget bill for the fiscal 2020-21, the Iranian government has permitted municipalities to issue sukuk (Islamic bonds) to the tune of 50 trillion rials ($357 million) for...
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December 30,2019President Hassan Rouhani is to inaugurate Hashtgerd Subway Station in Alborz Province on Tuesday. Habibollah Taherkhani, a deputy roads minister, said the line has undergone all the trials, its...
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December 28,2019Public transportation expansion projects have become a challenging task for managers in Iranian metropolises because of rising demand on the government’s budget. However, officials are making...
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December 28,2019The most important application of nuclear technology in the field of medicine is the use of radioisotopes for diagnosing and treating critical illnesses, especially cancer. “We have to take...
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December 25,2019As Iranian metropolises struggled with suffocating air pollution over the past few weeks, which led to extended school closures, some urban authorities have again touted the idea of a winter school...
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December 22,2019On October 1, the 12-member Guardians Council, which vets legislation’s consistency with the constitution and Islamic laws, approved a landmark reform bill granting citizenship to children born in...
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December 18,2019The inefficient public transportation network in the Iranian capital has been repeatedly blamed for exacerbating Tehran’s suffocating air pollution, which recently hit the emergency level. The...
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December 14,2019Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization spotlight road fatalities, showing that during the seven months to Oct. 22, over 11,000 lives have been claimed, 2.1% higher than the year-...
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December 04,2019On the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons observed annually on Dec. 3, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that 10 trillion rials ($76.9 million) have been allocated to...
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December 02,2019The Iranian government has provided Tehran Municipality with 10 trillion rials ($78.7 million) to boost urban transportation development in the megacity of Tehran. The money is to be injected in...
