The comprehensive plan to empower female breadwinners has been presented to the Social Council at the Interior Ministry for review and ratification. “The results of the plan’s trial run were…
About 60% of all medical tests prescribed by Iranian physicians are unnecessary, said Naser Kamalian, head of Iranian Society of Pathology and professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences…
The 4th international congress of Medical Ethics and Law in Gene Therapy will be held on November 16-17 at the International Conferences Hall in Yazd, central Iran, said Mahmoud Abbasi, scientific…
During the first half of the current year (started March 20) Iranian philanthropists have contributed 7.8 trillion rials ($216 million) to the country’s health system, said Dr. Seyed Mohammad Hadi…
The Global Wellness Institute recently reported that global health tourism revenues grew an impressive 14% from 2013-15 (to $563 billion), more than twice as fast as overall tourism (6.9%), while…
A senior tourism official in the Iranian capital Tehran has outlined the authorities' latest measures to tap into the city's tourism potentials.
The inauguration of four marine tourism projects along the banks of Karoun River in Khuzestan Province has been put off once again, although they are claimed to be complete and ready to start…
During construction operations in Tehran's Baharestan Street last week, a skull dating back to 3,000 years was discovered.
Since the launch of a scheme a week ago by Iran's tourism body to authorize online travel agencies, 20 permits have been issued.
The scheme aims to streamline and supervise the activities…
The new head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has reportedly shifted focus onto cultural heritage and handicrafts, which has raised worries among some groups that…
Iran’s Computer and Video Games Foundation recently signed an agreement with France’s Game Connection.
Game Connection is the international event where over 2,700 developers, publishers,…
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on November 9, Sharif University of Technology became a strategic partner of the Telecommunications Company of Iran.
A group of students at Tehran’s Kharazmi University have built and successfully tested a quadcopter with the help of instructors.
A quadrotor helicopter or quadrotor is a multirotor…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it racked up more than $5 billion in transactions in the first hour of its annual “Singles Day” sales blitz on Friday—a third more than in…
Japan Display Inc is in advanced talks to receive a bailout amount of about 75 billion yen ($704.49 million) from Innovation Network Corp of Japan, a government-backed fund and the display maker’s…
On the occasion of the World Philosophy Day (November 17), the Institute for Research in Philosophy (IRIP) in Tehran is hosting a meeting of prominent philosophers and researchers in philosophy.…
Asghar Farhadi’s award-winning film ‘The Salesman’ has started international screening from France. It was released in 300 French cinemas on November 11.
The film will gradually be shown in…
The Society for Appreciation of Cultural Works and Dignitaries, also known as National Heritage Society, will hold a commemoration ceremony for the late French philosopher and theologian Henry…
China is increasingly engaging with countries with mainly Muslim populations through cultural exchanges as its government champions the creation of a new, economic “Silk Road”.
The final chapter of the Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophy has recently been published in Persian.
Oil reversed early losses of almost 4% to trade above $46 a barrel on Wednesday, as the market recovered from an initial Brexit-like reaction to Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US…
A US-led coalition airstrike killed 20 civilians, including two children, overnight in a village near the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, a monitor said on…
Canada’s main immigration website appeared to crash and New Zealand reported increased traffic to its website for residency visas from US nationals in the hours before Donald Trump surged to…
Work on Urmia Lake restoration has slowed due to intermittent cash injections, an official involved in the Urmia Lake Restoration Program said.
Masoud Tajrishi, the head of planning, also…
Mohammad Javad Zarif said a bright future awaits Tehran-Bucharest relations because of the strong political will and focus of business communities.
The Iranian foreign minister made the…
