The taxman has come knocking and hotel apartments in Mashhad, which have racked up an outstanding amount of dues, are now in a precarious position.
According to a report published by travel…
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Cancer is currently one of the top killers worldwide, and the number of cancer cases is only expected to rise. Although there are a number of therapies available, most of them are toxic and cause…
An atlas on social issues in Iran prepared by a workgroup headed by the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare, was unveiled on March 12.
The data, based on the demographic and…
Reports say almost 80% of the infrastructure for ‘Family and Sexual Health Clinics’ across the provinces is complete and the Health Ministry is in the process of employing qualified people to run…
Iranians donated over two million blood units over the past 11 months, said Dr Bashir Hajibeigi, spokesperson for the Iran Blood Transfusion Organization. “Tehran, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi…
A total of 130 medical teams with more than 200 personnel will be stationed across the capital city Tehran on the night of ‘Chaharshanbe Suri’ or ‘Red Wednesday’, the traditional ritual observed…
Educating and training refugees in technical and vocational skills paves the way for reinforcing peace and stability, said Sivanka Dhanapala, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner…
Traffic on the Karaj-Chalus road that connects Tehran to the northern provinces, will be restricted to one-way for specified hours on March 16-18, according to Alborz Province Traffic Police chief…
The Volunteers Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society is offering philanthropic services to uplift the spirits of the elderly at assisted living facilities during the 15-day holidays of…
Scientists in Australia have revealed unprecedented damage to the Great Barrier Reef, warning "we are entering uncharted territory".
Air pollution is having a devastating effect on Britain’s wild flowers by helping nettles, hogweed and other “thuggish” species turn the countryside into “monotonous green badlands”, major…
Lorestan Province's air quality index reached hazardous levels on Monday due to dust storms originating from Iraq. Mehrdad Fat'hi Beiranvand, the head of the provincial office of the Department of…
Inadequate budget and lack of workforce are threatening the integrity of forest protection measures, according to a senior forestry official.
Working women who adopt children under the age of three are now entitled to 84 days of paid leave, the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare said in a new directive.
The government has earmarked 1,800 billion rials ($46 million) in the budget for the next fiscal year (starts March 21) for schemes to reduce social harm as well as augment social welfare and…
Five new aerial emergency medical services (EMS) were inaugurated in Aligudarz, Yasuj, Lar and Jahrom and Tabas cities, located in the provinces of Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh-Boyer-Ahmad, Fars, and…
Blood from the group O positive and negative has been distributed to ambulances in city of Zanjan, the capital of Zanjan Province as per a memorandum of understanding signed between Iranian Blood…
People suffering from chronic mental conditions are at higher risk of substance addiction than others, said Hossein Nahvinejad, deputy of rehabilitation at the State Welfare Organization (SWO).
Social emergency centers will open in another 140 cities and a budget of $26.3 million (1,000 billion rials) has been earmarked for the purpose in the sixth economic development plan (2017-22),…
Children between age three and seven who do not get enough sleep are more likely to have problems with attention, emotional control and peer relationships, says a study.
People across Iran are coming together to reduce the high number of road accidents under a campaign titled ‘No to Road Accidents’, launched for the first time last year, ahead of the New Year…
Some 20,000 volunteers in 1,000 IRCS teams will be on call during the Iranian New Year ‘Norouz’ holidays (March 20-April 2) across major roads in the country to provide people with emergency help…
More than 600,000 tons of fish are harvested annually in Iran of which only 100,000 tons are consumed and “the remaining is used for other purposes like manufacturing pharmaceutical products and…
The government has taken up the task of completing a number of hospital projects that were started during the former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two tenures but remained in various stages of…
Ahead of the traditional ritual of ‘Chaharshanbe Suri,’ a social campaign has called for observing the event in a safe and simple way, especially in the wake of the death of 16 Tehran firefighters…
