100 historical relics to be restored in Qom

TEHRAN – A total of 100 historical objects are up for restoration by teams of cultural heritage experts and restorers across Qom province, central Iran, CHTN reported.

Iranian ranger lost his life in pursuit of poachers

TEHRAN – Iranian ranger, Mehdi Ahmadi Nik, while killed tracking poachers on Friday in Oal’eh Ganj county, in Kerman province, an official with the Department of Environmental (DOE) has said.

Temperature rises across Iran, Ahvaz hits record high

TEHRAN – Iran has experienced an average 1.3 degrees on the Celsius scale temperature rise during the past 10 months (September 23, 2017 to July 22, 2018) compared to the long-term mean with Ahvaz setting the record for the country’s hottest city, the director of the national center for drought and crisis management, affiliated to Meteorological Organization, has said.

Over 1.1m Iranians visited Turkey in H1

TEHRAN – A total of 1.159 million Iranian nationals visited Turkey during the first half of 2018.

‘Ardebil province holds potential for becoming tourism hub’

TEHRAN – Iran tourism chief has said Ardebil province has all the necessary characteristics and potentials to take on “a tourism hub” appearance, CHTN reported.

Iran’s 3-month tourist arrivals up 30.6% y/y

TEHRAN - Tourist arrivals in Iran surged 30.66 percent in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started in March 21) from a year earlier, led by visitors mainly from four neighboring countries, a tourism official has said.

Iran speeding up e-government development: minister

TERHAN – Iran has provided most of technical infrastructures for e-government and is undergoing rapid development in this field, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) minister said on Monday, Mehr reported.

ICT Ministry to help promote smart irrigation to overcome water shortage

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology plan to support smart irrigation in a bid to help deal with water shortage in the country, ILNA reported.

Iran spends $38m on hemophilia patients

TEHRAN – A total of 1.63 trillion rials (nearly $38 million) is spent on some 5,000 hemophilia patients provided with health insurance coverage annually in Iran, head of Salamat health insurance organization affiliated with the Health Ministry, has said

‘Iran’s renewable water resources decreased by 25% in 5 decades’

TEHRAN — Renewable water resources has drastically decreased to less than 100 billion cubic meters from 132 bcm over the past 50 years, environmental official Mohammad Mojabi has said.

‘Solar power plants an alternative for income generation around Lake Urmia basin’

TEHRAN — Setting up solar power plants to produce electricity can be an alternative income generation for farmers in Lake Urmia basin in northwestern Iran, Ja’far Mohseni, head of East Azarbaijan academic center for education, culture and research, known as Jahad Daneshgahi, has said.

By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari

Persian medicine 

Taking medicinal plants on the supposition that they have no side effects is absolutely wrong.

‘The elderly in Tehran doubles national average’

TEHRAN — The elderly living in the city of Tehran are twice as many as those living in the whole country, Tehran district 22 mayor Ali Nozarpour has said.

Iran’s Welfare Organization allots $150m to job creation

TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization has allotted some 6.5 trillion rials (nearly $150 million) to job creation in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2018 to March 2019), the organization director has said.

30% of schools in Iran dilapidated: official

TEHRAN —Currently per capita education space per student is 5.2 percent while the standard space must be 8.4 percent which indicated that some 30 percent of schools are dilapidated, Iran's director of schools renovation, development and equipment organization has said.

Long lasting flames hitting Hour al-Azim extinguished

TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC AF) has managed to extinguish wildfire haunting Hour al-Azim wetland for about three weeks, said the commander of IRGC AF.

Ambulances to be equipped with homegrown telemonitoring systems

TEHRAN — Ambulances in Iran will be equipped with domestically-produced telemonitoring systems in the near future, head of medical equipment industry of Armed Forces has said.

‘No water rationing in Tehran thanks to spring rainfalls’

TEHRAN — No water restrictions has been imposed on Tehran this summer thanks to the increase in spring rainfalls, head of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company has said.

Majlis hammering out details of long-awaited bill on rights of children

TEHRAN - Finally after months of debates on the bill on children’s right, Majlis [the Iranian parliament] is considering the bill in detail.

‘Cloud forest’ to host intl. eco-marathon

TEHRAN – Jangal-e Abr (literally meaning cloud forest) in Semnan province will be hosting an international eco-marathon match on August 30.

Arg-e Rayen to host gastronomy, handicrafts festival

TEHRAN – A festival on traditional dishes and handicrafts opens today at Arg-e Rayen, a historical adobe citadel in the southeastern province of Kerman.

Prehistoric “Persian guard” on the way home

U.S. judge rules return of Achaemenid-era relief to Iran

TEHRAN – A U.S. judge said on Monday an Achaemenid-era (550-330 BC) bas-relief should be returned to Iran, where the object was originally stolen from some 80 years ago.

Mashhad carpet bazaar to regain former glory

TEHRAN – The historical carpet bazaar of Mashhad will be restored to its former glory.

 Iran resumes visa on arrival for Indian nationals

TEHRAN – On Monday, Iran resumed issuance of visas on arrivals for Indian passport holders following some four years of halt, Mehr reported.

Over 29,000 Iranians visited Bulgaria in 2017: envoy

TEHRAN – More than 29,000 Iranian nationals visited Bulgaria during 2017, the Bulgarian ambassador to Tehran has said.   

Ground broken for women-only park in southwestern Tehran

TEHRAN – Ground was broken for a women-only park with a total area of 11 hectares in the city of Islamshahr, southwestern Tehran, here on Saturday.

Ebtekar calls for promotion of Iranian clothing style

TEHRAN – One of the important elements in national identity is the ethnic custom and attempts should be made on promotion of Iranian costumes, said Vice President for Women’s and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar.

Divorce more likely when women are financially independent: study

TEHRAN – A new study proves that women’s financial independence, especially in the first years of marriage, negatively affects the stability of families.

By Marjan Golpira

Iran pays the biggest price in the fight against drugs: UNODC

TEHRAN - Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to the Islamic Republic of Iran says that Tehran pays the highest price in the battle against drug traffickers.

IRCS saves more than 6,300 from death in accidents

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has rescued some 6,324 individuals from June 3 to July 21 within the framework of a 100-day national rescue and relief scheme, deputy director for IRCS has said.