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2021-07-07 18:40
High salinity of Lake Urmia reduces flamingo population
TEHRAN – The population of flamingos in Lake Urmia National Park has decreased by 30 to 35 percent due to the lack of proper living conditions, mainly as a result of the lake’s high salinity, Omid Yousefi, head of the wildlife surveillance of West Azarbaijan’s department of environment, stated.
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2021-07-07 18:35
First intl. innovation center to open in Tehran
TEHRAN – The first international innovation center of Iran will open next week in Tehran, ISNA reported on Wednesday.
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2021-07-06 18:00
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Land subsidence sinking Iran
TEHRAN – Out of 31 Iranian provinces, 29 are vastly subsiding and increasingly vulnerable, so that officials need to make urgent decisions in this regard.
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2021-07-06 17:30
Lake Urmia revival is gratifying: Japanese envoy
TEHRAN – Good measures have been taken to rehabilitate Lake Urmia and it is gratifying to see that the water body is being revived, Japanese Ambassador to Iran Ikawa Kazutoshi said.
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2021-07-06 17:23
First ID cards issued for children of Iranian mothers, foreign fathers abroad
TEHRAN – The first identification cards for children born to an Iranian mother and a foreign father living abroad were issued on Monday, IRINN reported.
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2021-07-05 16:33
Iran facing fifth wave of coronavirus as Delta variant spreads
TEHRAN – Iran is at risk of the fifth wave of the pandemic as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads all over the country.
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2021-07-05 16:31
By Faranak Bakhtiari
1.8m jobs created by 97,000 active cooperatives
TEHRAN – Some 97,000 cooperatives are active across the country, which have created more than 1.8 million direct jobs, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, Mohammad Shariatmadari, said in a message on the occasion of World Cooperatives Day 2021.
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2021-07-05 16:28
By Sadeq Lavasani
Thirsty Iran faced with scorching summer
Iran is ranked among the world’s arid countries with its annual precipitation levels at about one-third of the global average. But this year, significantly lower rainfall means the country is experiencing one of its driest years, if not the driest, in several decades.
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2021-07-04 16:46
COVID-19 screening for 424,000 passengers at borders
TEHRAN – Some 424,395 passengers have so far been screened for coronavirus by thermal tests at the country's official borders since March 10, Mehdi Valipour, head of Relief and Rescue Organization affiliated to the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has stated.
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2021-07-04 16:42
Road crash mortality increases by 31%
TEHRAN – Traffic-related accidents have claimed the lives of 2,596 Iranians during the first two months of this year (March 21- May 21), which shows an increase of 31 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Legal Medicine Organization.
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2021-07-04 16:40
Knowledge-based firms develop 772 nano-products
TEHRAN – Over the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), 294 knowledge-based companies in the country have developed 772 nanoproducts and have received nanotechnology certificates, according to the Nanotechnology Innovation Council.
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2021-07-03 17:33
Barekat plans to generate 9,300 jobs for persons with disabilities
TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will open up 9,300 jobs for persons with disabilities, YJC reported on Saturday.
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2021-07-03 17:28
Caspian Sea states to hold conference on climate change
TEHRAN – The “Scientific Conference on Climate Change in the Caspian Sea Region” will be held virtually from October 27 to 28, with representatives from the littoral states in attendance.
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2021-07-03 17:25
Isfahan, Samarkand become sister cities
TEHRAN – The Iranian city of Isfahan and the Uzbek city of Samarkand have signed a sister city agreement, IRIB reported on Friday.
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2021-07-03 17:22
Kenya welcomes Iranian knowledge-based products
TEHRAN – The Iranian house of innovation and technology has so far exported knowledge-based products worth $100,000 to Kenya, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2021-07-02 16:29
Iran, Serbia seeking to develop relations in geoscience
TEHRAN – Iran and Serbia discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of geology and mining during a meeting held virtually on Wednesday.
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2021-07-02 16:12
Half a million Iranians donate blood in 3 months
TEHRAN – Over the first three months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (started March 21), some 510,000 people donated blood across the country, Bashir Haji-Beigi, the Blood Transfusion Organization spokesman, said on Friday.
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2021-06-30 17:06
Armenia welcomes setting up joint technology park with Iran
TEHRAN – Armenia has welcomed the idea of establishing a joint technology park with Iran as a step to help Iranian-made products find their way to the Eurasian market.
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2021-06-30 17:04
Second Iranian coronavirus vaccine gets emergency use license
TEHRAN - The Pastu Covac vaccine, developed by the Pasteur Institute of Iran, has received an emergency use license, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday.
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2021-06-29 18:09
Iranian students shine at International Olympiad in Informatics
TEHRAN – The national team of Iran won one gold and three silver medals at the 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics, which was held virtually from 19 to 25 June in Singapore.
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2021-06-29 18:07
Vocational plan aims to create jobs for 100,000 inmates
TEHRAN – The Prisons and Security and Corrective Measures Organization has prepared a plan, aiming to create jobs for around 100,000 inmates in the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21.
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2021-06-29 18:07
Tribespeople to be vaccinated against coronavirus in four months
TEHRAN – All the tribespeople aged above 18 will be vaccinated against coronavirus by the end of the eighth calendar month Aban (November 21), deputy health minister Alireza Raisi said.
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2021-06-28 17:04
Netherlands praises Iran’s efforts to combat narcotics
TEHRAN – The Netherlands has lauded Iran for its activities to deal with the trafficking of narcotics, expressing readiness to share knowledge and expertise with Iran in this regard.
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2021-06-28 17:03
Iranian National Observatory inaugurated
TEHRAN – The Iranian National Observatory (INO), which is said to kick off a big movement in the area of astronomy in the country, was inaugurated near the city of Kashan, central Isfahan province, on Monday.
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2021-06-27 18:50
Earthquake shakes Iran over 800 times in a month
TEHRAN – A total of 847 earthquakes have been recorded across the country over the past calendar month Khordad (May 21-June 21), according to the Seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.
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2021-06-27 16:49
Iran among few countries with all vaccine production platforms
TEHRAN – Iran is one of the few countries that has all vaccine production platforms, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, has stated.
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2021-06-27 12:45
IRGC starts clinical trial of “Noora” coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) started the first phase of the clinical trial of its domestically-made "Noora" coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, IRIB reported.
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2021-06-26 16:59
Literacy among Iranian youth 6% above global average
TEHRAN – The average literacy rate of the youth (15-24-year age group) in Iran is estimated at 97.4 percent, which is almost 6 percent higher than the global average, Shapour Mohammadzadeh, head of the Literacy Movement Organization, has stated.
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2021-06-26 16:58
Iranian universities among world’s top in biotechnology
TEHRAN – A total of 7 Iranian universities have been listed among the world’s top in biotechnology subject, according to the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).
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2021-06-26 16:54
Plan to support labor, street children in 12 provinces
TEHRAN – A five-point plan for labor and street children will be implemented in 12 provinces of the country, Mahmoud Aligo, an official with the Welfare Organization, has said.
