Two hospitals in Zehak and Hirmand counties with 82 and 32 beds respectively, in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, were inaugurated by Health Minister Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, during his visit…
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France’s Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal, has rankled the company that makes Nutella by urging the public to stop eating its chocolate hazelnut spread, saying it contributes to deforestation.
South Korea’s tourism industry is in damage control mode following the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Disease that has caused thousands of international visitors to change or cancel…
Tehran’s second handicrafts sale will be held on July 29, the Persian website Tabnak quoted handicrafts deputy of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Bahman Namvar…
The face of a seven-millenia-old woman whose remains were discovered seven months ago in Tehran’s Molavi neighborhood has been reconstructed.
Behrouz Vojdani, a member of Research Faculty of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization, broke the news of his team’s efforts to inscribe a group of Iranian musical…
Iran’s longest arch bridge, named Karun 4, was inaugurated on Wednesday in Shahr-e-Kord, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province with First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri in attendance.
At 378…
The 4th International Handicraft Exhibition ended Monday after negotiations to extend the event did not produce results. With over 400 pavilions and influx of buyers and enthusiasts, it was…
Young people are the new generation of healthy blood donors, said Aliakbar Pourfathollah, head of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, on World Blood Donor Day.
Youth born between…
With the launching of the first official matchmaking website Hamsan.Tebyan.net (Find Your Equal) on Monday, the government hopes to fulfill the “high demand for marriage among the 11 million…
Saudi Arabia has recorded five cases of MERS in the past week, the official state-run Saudi Press Agency said Sunday, citing a weekly Ministry of Health statement. It included one death of a 73-…
Homeless people in the capital’s shelters will be screened and grouped according to their problems including addiction, HIV infection and family conflicts, said Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head…
The Ebola epidemic could flare up again in West Africa and health authorities are no better equipped to control it than they were a year ago, said Joanne Liu, head of medical charity Medecins Sans…
Workouts that really get the heart pumping may help ease asthma in people with the respiratory condition, a new Brazilian study finds.
The University of Tehran’s iconic gateway was renovated for the first time in 45 years and unveiled on June 14, said Dr. Ahmad-Reza Khezri, advisor to the university’s public relations department…
Xiao Zhu, a Chinese company dedicated to providing clean air to its citizens, uses factory smoke to illustrate the dangers of air pollution. China sees more than 500,000 die every year from causes…
A recent US research concluded that approximately one half of deaths from certain malignancies directly point to long term use of cigarettes.
In anticipation of the upcoming UN summit on climate change this year, Pope Francis will release an encyclical on Thursday urging people to act.
Tehran’s Waste Management Organization and the Headquarters of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Tehran Municipality signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this week to…
A sky imaging system developed by Iranian scientists was unveiled on Monday at the National Exhibition of Water, Soil and Environment Technologies in Tehran.
While sky imagers have been…
With infectious diseases increasing worldwide, the need to understand how and why disease outbreaks occur is becoming increasingly important.
An Iranian woman, a resident of Calgary in Canada, was killed after two young truck hijackers ran over her in a gas station where she worked.
Maryam Rashidi, 35, is survived by her husband…
The National Household Survey on addicts and drug abuse in the country, conducted by the State Welfare Organization, is currently in progress in all the provinces, said Mohsen Roshanpajouh, head…
A comprehensive program for the physically challenged was approved recently by the government and the bill will be sent to the Majlis (parliament) for enactment. The proposal first made to…
There are no accurate figures on the number of out-of-school children, although “we estimate there are four million children who are deprived of education in the country,” said Mohammad Mahdizadeh…
