Iran Digital empowering 200,000 students in AI sector

TEHRAN – Following the development of Iran Digital, a national program which aims to teach artificial intelligence (AI) to four million students free of charge, the ministry of education started teaching AI to 200,000 students on Monday.

Benevolent people to help rebuild Minab school as national heritage

TEHRAN – Shajareh Tayyebeh, an elementary school in the city of Minab in the southern province of Hormozgan, which was destroyed by a U.S. missile strike on February 28, will be reconstructed by benevolent people and will be registered as a national heritage.

ICRC, IFRC condole martyrdom of IRCS air worker

TEHRAN – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have expressed their condolence to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) on the martyrdom of Hamidreza Jahanbakhsh, an aid worker of the IRCS, following the U.S.-Israeli aggression on the country.

U.S.-Israel attack targets some 43,000 non-military units

TEHRAN – Some 42,914 non-military units, including 6,179 business, and 36,489 residential units across the country have been targeted by the United States and Israel since the outbreak of the war on February 28 till March 14, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

Environmental degradation: “Vietnam syndrome” and public hatred of U.S. military intervention

TEHRAN - War and military activities have apparent consequences for the environment. Weapons, troop movements, explosions and the destruction of buildings and forests are just some of the examples of how military operations damage the environment.

Intl. law ‘beautiful only on paper’: world closes eyes on atrocities against Iran civilians

TEHRAN - Brutal attacks by Israel and the United States on civilian centers have continued without interruption over the past two weeks. Meanwhile, international bodies have largely remained silent and have merely watched these events unfold.

War threatens fragile ecosystems of Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman, official warns

TEHRAN – Escalating fallouts of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli imposed war on Iran is posing a severe threat to the fragile marine ecosystems of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, an official with the Department of Environment has said. 

Bombed Iranian girls school had yearslong online presence, raising questions over U.S. targeting

TEHRAN - An Iranian girls school that was hit by a missile attack on the first day of the war had maintained a yearslong online presence showing students and school activities, raising questions about how the United States vets strike locations, a Reuters investigation found.

Some 700 Iranian scientists urge conscious people worldwide to fight US.-Israeli aggression

TEHRAN – Some 700 Iranian scientists and Olympiad medal winners have issued a statement, urging all conscious people around the world to stand and fight the U.S.-Israeli aggression.

By Afshin Majlesi

Death of morality: appalling lie of Trump on Minab tragedy

TEHRAN -- A missile strike that martyred at least 175 people at a girls’ elementary school in the southern city of Minab has become one of the most controversial episodes of the United States’ ongoing war with Tehran, prompting accusations that President Donald Trump misled the public about responsibility for the attack.

Damage to Iranian petroleum facilities risks contaminating food, water and air: WHO 

TEHRAN – The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that damage to Iranian petroleum facilities risks contaminating food, water and air.

Life goes on in Tehran, even under the shadow of war

TEHRAN - Despite the heavy atmosphere and the concerns that are repeated every day, Tehran is still a city where life goes on; a city where millions of people leave their homes every morning, work, study, shop, and return home at night.

Targeting Iran's oil storage facilities a clear example of ecocide: DOE head 

TEHRAN – Shina Ansari, the head the Department of Environment (DOE), has condemned recent airstrikes by the United States and Israel on oil storage facilities in Iran, calling it a typical example of environmental crime or ecocide.

Significance of media literacy in war

TEHRAN – Information literacy and media literacy are among essential tools to confront the threats posed by foreign media’s psychological operations during wartime, and to ensure the coherence of the society.

‘Global bodies should denounce U.S.-Israeli assault on educational centers’

TEHRAN – Alireza Kazemi, the Minister of Education, has written separate letters to Salim bin Mohammed Al-Malik, the director general of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Khaled El-Enany; the director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), urging them to condemn the U.S..-Israeli attacks to educational and cultural organizations in the country.

Labor ministry to support production sector during war

TEHRAN – Labor Minister Ahmad Meidari has said the ministry will support the production sector, particularly pharmaceutical units, during the war against the United States and the Zionist regime.

Iranian university students urge WHO to condemn U.S.-Israeli attacks to medical centers

TEHRAN – In a letter to the World Health Organization, a group of Iranian students of medical science universities urged international organizations, especially the WHO, to condemn the U.S.-Israeli attacks to medical and healthcare centers across the country.