Relief Foundation provides marriage counseling to 222,000 youths

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has provided free marriage counseling services to 222,000 individuals over the past [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020- March 2021), Ali Jafari, Deputy head of the Foundation for cultural affairs has announced.

Wetlands’ volume detected for first time nationwide

TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) in cooperation with knowledge-based companies detected the volume of wetlands across the country through a combination of aerial photography and satellite images.

Iranian knowledge-based products enter Russian market

TEHRAN – Iran inaugurated a house of innovation and technology in Russia on Tuesday to find new markets for domestic knowledge-based products in the region, ISNA reported.

UN provides humanitarian aid to help fight COVID-19 in Iran

TEHRAN – With the contribution of the EU Humanitarian Aid, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) procured 1,000 ventilators to help Iran fight against the pandemic.

Over 140 national macro technology projects launched

TEHRAN – Some 141 national macro technology projects have been launched across the country until June 21, according to the Center for National Macro Technology Projects.

COVIRAN vaccine beats Delta variant

TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT coronavirus vaccine proved effective against Indian strain, Hojjat Niki-Maleki head of the information center of Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam twitted on Saturday.

Persian Gulf water transfer project in pipe-laying phase

TEHRAN – A project for transferring water from the Persian Gulf to the southern Fars province is in its pipe-laying phase, IRNA reported on Saturday.

1,100 villages with no unemployed

TEHRAN – By the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 2022), the number of villages with no unemployed residents will reach 1,100 across the country.

Pastu Covac neutralizes new COVID-19 strains

TEHRAN – Preliminary results of studies show that the Pastu Covac coronavirus vaccine, developed by the Pasteur Institute of Iran, fights very well against new variants of South Africa and India, and in other words, neutralizes them, Alireza Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, has said.

Lake Urmia level declines by 30cm in Q1

TEHRAN – The water level of Lake Urmia has decreased by 30 centimeters in the first three months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21-June 21) compared to the same period last year.

Wind erosion incurs annual loss of $714m

TEHRAN – Wind erosion brings an annual economic and environmental damage of 30 trillion rials (nearly $714 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to the country, according to the latest studies in 2019.

Ayatollah Araki: Islamic society’s power depends on returning to divine identity

TEHRAN - Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, a member of the Assembly of Experts, has said if the Islamic society wants to be strong, it must return to its faith and divine identity.

Japan, UNDP promote waste management in Tehran

TEHRAN – The Municipality of Tehran in cooperation with Japan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) unveiled reverse vending machines (RVMs) on Tuesday to promote waste management in the capital.

Import of coronavirus vaccine to reach 13m doses

TEHRAN – Twenty shipments of COVID-19 vaccine have so far been imported into the country, and the volume will soon reach 13 million doses.

EU allocates €15m for humanitarian projects in Iran

TEHRAN – The European Union (EU) has allotted €15 million in humanitarian aid to support those most affected by man-made crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-induced, and other natural disasters in Iran.

DOE plans post-coronavirus environmental training

TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) has developed public programs for post-coronavirus environmental education, with the cooperation of non-governmental organizations and environmental activists.

Microplastics reach Lut desert

TEHRAN – Recent studies by Iranian researchers have revealed the microplastic contamination in the soil of Kalout Shahdad and Lut deserts.

Charity allots $2.6m to free inmates of unintentional crimes

TEHRAN – The Ehsan Foundation, affiliated to the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, allocated 110 billion rials (nearly $2.6 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to release prisoners of unintentional crimes.

Iran to mark national marriage week

TEHRAN – National marriage week is celebrated across the country on July 12-18.

Intl. innovation center opens to attract foreign students

TEHRAN – The first international innovation center of Iran inaugurated in Tehran to attract foreign students to participate in domestic knowledge-based companies and startups, IRNA reported.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Thank you! I don’t need a plastic bag

TEHRAN – Plastic pollution is getting the whole world in hot water. In Iran, plastic bags have the highest share in the total 4 million plastic waste generated annually, so that, it is time to say no to plastic bags.

Tehran-Havana strategic cooperation on coronavirus vaccine production

TEHRAN – The long history of cooperation between Iran and Cuba in biotechnology has led to a strategic relationship to develop a COVID-19 vaccine to fight against the global pandemic.

Maryam Mirzakhani festival honors 25 women scientists

TEHRAN – Twenty-five female scientists received an award by the fourth National Festival of Women and Science, which kicked off earlier in June.

Over 27,000 soldiers receive vocational training in 3 months

TEHRAN – Over 27,000 soldiers have received vocational training in the first three months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21-June 21), Habib Erfanmanesh, director of education management at the Technical and Vocational Training Organization, has said.

Iranian scientists produce first COVID-19 kit to detect both genes, mutants

TEHRAN – Iranian scientists succeeded in designing and producing the new generation of coronavirus test kit which is able to simultaneously detect the genome and mutation, for the first time in West Asia. With the outbreak of the pandemic, Iran surged its production to meet the country’s need for self-protective equipment along with medical and pharmaceutical items to fight against the virus.

Foreign students in Iran to get coronavirus vaccine

TEHRAN – Foreign students who are studying at Iranian universities will be vaccinated against the virus along with Iranian students, Afshin Akhoundzadeh, an official at the Organization of Student Affairs has said.

Philanthropists donate $1.4b to construct schools nationwide

TEHRAN – School building benefactors have allocated a total of 60 trillion rials (nearly $1.4 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to construct educational spaces over the past four years, IRNA reported on Wednesday.