While the average fertility rate in the country is 1.8 births per woman, the figure is 1.4 among wealthy families, 1.1 for literate and 3.2 for illiterate women, 1.4 for women in Tehran and 3.5…
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Following the transfer of 28 historical houses to Shiraz Municipality, which has drawn widespread criticism, cultural heritage officials spearheaded by Masoud Soltanifar, the head of Iran’s…
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British Airways pushed back the start date for a new direct flight to Tehran by six weeks on Thursday, blaming “technical issues”. Owned by IAG, British Airways announced plans to renew links with…
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More meetings are required between the top brass of Iranian banks and senior tourism officials to expand cooperation between the two key industries, according to Masoud Soltanifar, the head of…
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A French association of hotel and tourism companies said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with Paris prosecutors against websites that offer private holiday rentals, such as Airbnb, for unfair…
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has launched a plan to streamline and supervise the activities of online travel agencies by requiring all individuals and groups to…
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The newly-formed “women’s faction” in the new Majlis seeks to pursue and follow up on the proposals and bills related to women’s issues that were rejected by the previous legislatures, says…
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Despite a dramatic fall in American children’s blood levels of lead after it was removed from gasoline, paint, and other consumer products, children are still exposed to the poisonous metal in…
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Four Iranian universities are among the top in the fields of math and basic sciences in CWTS Leiden Ranking 2016 based on knowledge production index.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said the UNHCR is planning to host a quadrilateral meeting on Afghan refugee challenges. The meeting will review the problems and…
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Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Italian University of Genoa have signed a memorandum of understanding on joint scientific cooperation.
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From among 600,000 calls made to the social emergency hotline123, regrettably a large number are misdials and calls by pranksters (458,000), said Hossein Asad Beigi, head of the Social Emergency…
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A total of 25,000 people out of 1.2 million with rare diseases are offered free healthcare services by the Rare Diseases Foundation of Iran, said Ali Davoudian, head the foundation. “So far, 58…
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A hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) bank and HSC transplantation (HSCT) ward were launched in Isfahan’s Seyyed-o-Shohada hospital early this week.
The hospital will register volunteers’ stem…
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A jaguar has been shot dead shortly after it was used in an Olympic torch relay at a zoo in the Brazilian city of Manaus, the army said.
The female jaguar escaped its handlers after the…
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Crop yields will fall within the next decade due to climate change unless immediate action is taken to speed up the introduction of new and improved varieties, experts have warned.
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The government is reviewing a scheme proposed by authorities of Alborz Province and approved by the Department of Environment to adopt a two-day weekend (Thursday and Friday) in the air pollution-…
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European Union greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2014 to their lowest level since 1990, although the bloc said more diesel vehicles had increased carbon dioxide on its roads and significant cuts…
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According to Iran’s Meteorological Organization, dust storms that have battered large areas of the country recently are expected to persist until the end of summer.
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The Secretariat of the High Council of Welfare and Social Security at the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare, has prepared a report on “Child Labor and Economic Vulnerability”.
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Around 1.5-2% (about 1.5 million people) of the country’s population at present are carriers of the hepatitis virus, without the symptoms being apparent.
“Anyone can be a carrier without…
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A recent survey by the Ministry of Science Research and Technology says that 65% of university students “don’t have a positive vision of their future while 70% are interested in their field of…
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will contribute to building a school for refugees in Saveh city in Markazi Province, the director of the provincial Education Department said on…
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Genetic testing before marriage has been made mandatory in the next economic development plan (2016-2021), announced Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head of the State Welfare Organization. “…
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Electronic notary public offices of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties were inaugurated concurrent with the start of the National Judiciary Week (June 21-28). At a…
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