Next year’s budget bill envisages nearly $23b for Tehran Province

TEHRAN- The governor general of Tehran Province said the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 20, 2020) has envisaged 9.62 trillion rials (about $22.9 billion) for Tehran Province, IRNA reported.

Mohseni-Bandpey appointed Tehran governor general 

TEHRAN — The cabinet of ministers elected Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey as the new governor general of Tehran on Wednesday morning, Tasnim news agency reported. 

Social Security Organization gets caretaker

TEHRAN —Labor Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari named Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey as the caretaker for the Social Security Organization, IRNA reported.

Tehran municipality to make disabled-friendly bus stops

TEHRAN — Tehran municipality has taken measures to make bus stops across the city more accessible for people with disabilities, councilor Majid Farahani said on Tuesday.

Pool special for people with disability opened in Iran

TEHRAN — A specially-designed pool for people with disability was opened in Sari, a city in northern province of Mazandaran, on Thursday.

Rehabilitation center for persons with disabilities inaugurated in Sarpol-e Zahab

TEHRAN — A rehabilitation center was inaugurated on Thursday for persons with disabilities in the western city of Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, ISNA reported on Friday.

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.

Early Childhood Development programs being piloted in Iran

TEHRAN — Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs are being piloted in three cities in provinces of Tehran, Kordestan and Kerman, head of the Welfare Organization has said.

3,500 families with disabled members get houses

TEHRAN — Some 3,500 Iranian families with two or more physically challenged members were provided houses during the current Iranian calendar year, the Welfare Organization director Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey has said.

More jobs, free education, and less working hours highlighted

Bill ensuring rights of persons with disabilities approved

TEHRAN – Majlis [the Iranian parliament] approved both general outlines and details of a bill on rights of persons with disabilities which raises hope for improvement of their living conditions.

$7,500 housing handouts for each physically challenged person

TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization is granting 300-million-rial (nearly $7,500) housing handouts to persons with disabilities, ISNA reported on Saturday.

Persons with disability awaiting better living conditions

TEHRAN – The bill on rights of persons with disabilities, which is being discussed by the Majlis [Iranian Parliament], has raised hopes among the disabled for better living conditions.

Majlis discussing bill on rights of persons with disabilities

TEHRAN — Iranian parliament, Majlis, is hammering out a bill on rights of persons with disabilities, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

Premarital genetic counselling made mandatory in Iran

TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization has made premarital genetic counselling obligatory for all couples, the organization’s director told the Tehran Times on Thursday.

Iran’s Welfare Organization set up child adoption website

TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization has set up a child adoption website, the organization director Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey said on Sunday.

Iran reinitiates therapeutic communities to treat drug use disorder

TEHRAN — Iran has reinitiated therapeutic communities (TCs) to treat substance use disorders (SUDs), the director of the Welfare Organization said on Friday.

Some 400,000 Iranians with disabilities issued with Intl. Classification of Functioning

TEHRAN — Some 400,000 Iranians with disabilities are issued with the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), a framework approved by the World Health Assembly for describing and organizing information on functioning and disability.