Iranian police disband drug gang near Pakistan border

TEHRAN – Anti-narcotics police destroyed an armed opium trafficking gang and arrested five traffickers in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan sharing borders with Pakistan, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Iran begins production of new anti-corona medicine

TEHRAN – Iran has launched a production line for a medicine effective in the treatment of coronavirus, IRIB reported on Tuesday.

Ghana seeking Iranian medical services, medicine

TEHRAN – Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has expressed readiness to use Iran’s medical services and pharmaceuticals, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Unlike foreign rivals, Iranian coronavirus vaccine has no side effects

TEHRAN – The Iranian-made COVID-19 vaccine has not had any side effects so far, while similar foreign vaccines have had adverse effects, Mohammad Mokhber, the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam said.

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RUBIKA Traffic Increases 100 Terabytes during Fatemiyah Days

The traffic of RUBIKA App. increased 100 terabytes during Fatemiyah Days (coincided with the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh (PBUH).

Special education budget rises by 35%

TEHRAN – The budget of the Special Education Organization has increased by 35 percent in the national budget bill for the next calendar year (starting on March 20), Seyed Javad Hosseini, head of the Organization, has announced.

$3m of smuggled goods, currency discovered

TEHRAN – Smuggled goods and currency worth 130 billion rials (nearly $3 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been discovered in the country over the past week, Sohrab Bahrami, the deputy police chief has announced.

National day for rare diseases proposed

TEHRAN – February 26 has been proposed to be designated as the national day of rare diseases in the Iranian official calendar, ILNA news agency reported on Monday.

Second Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine receives clinical trial approval

TEHRAN – The second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed and proposed by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute has been approved to begin a clinical trial.

Sierra Leone appreciates IRCS’s health services

TEHRAN – Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Sanitation, Alpha Wurie, has praised the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) for offering health services to the African country.