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2021-01-08 17:46
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’
TEHRAN – The Clean Air Law, enacted in July 2017, was supposed to be a solution to ease air pollution across the country, but now, a few years after the adoption of this law, the air is severely polluted, as different agencies neglect their legal duties to implement the law.
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2020-12-29 18:21
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Should we hand-feed animals or not?
TEHRAN – Hand-feeding the animals in cold seasons has been controversial as opponents believe that it weakens their immune system and changes their habits, but proponents believe that it does not significantly affect the animals’ routine.
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2020-12-29 16:42
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran tests first homegrown coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, was unveiled and injected into three volunteers during a ceremony on Tuesday.
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2020-12-27 19:39
By Faranak Bakhtiari
‘Gardeners of nature’ in need of more protection
TEHRAN – Bears are useful to the environment, due to helping new plants grow, making soil fertile, as well as maintaining ecosystem balance, but these natural agents are not paid sufficient attention and are highly in need of protection.
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2020-12-25 21:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Let’s build a partnership against epidemics
TEHRAN – Today that newly-emerging infections are inevitable, as exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus posing devastating impacts on human lives, social and economic development; preparation is the most, if not the only, important way in face of new epidemics.
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2020-12-25 21:24
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Karim Saei, the father of modern forestry in Iran
TEHRAN – Karim Saei was the first person who made great efforts to pass the Forestry Law to save Iran's forests from looting by invaders.
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2020-12-23 16:54
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Civil registration in Iran turns 102
TEHRAN – The National Organization for Civil Registration in Iran began its activities on December 25, 1918, issuing the first Iranian identity card for a girl named “Fatemeh Irani” in Tehran.
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2020-12-20 22:05
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Christmas celebrations going virtual in Iran
TEHRAN – In the light of the global pandemic, Christmas is celebrated virtually, unlike usual gatherings, among Iranian Christians to prevent the COVID-19 transmission chain.
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2020-12-19 17:20
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran ready to offer nursing experience to regional countries
TEHRAN – Iran’s experience on crisis nursing and nursing for the elderly is good enough to be shared with regional countries, Ahmad Nejatian, director of international affairs of the Nursing Organization, told the Tehran Times on Saturday.
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2020-12-16 18:04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran among top 20 Asian migrant countries
TEHRAN – Iran was placed 16th among the top 20 Asian migrant countries in 2019, and the fifth top country by total refugees and asylum seekers in 2018, according to the 2020 World Migration report released by International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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2020-12-15 18:01
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Mismanagement, overexploitation threaten Persian Gulf ecosystem
TEHRAN – The Persian Gulf ecosystem and biodiversity are being destroyed due to mismanagement, overexploitation, and lack of supervision.
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2020-12-06 18:07
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Subsidies should target environmental sustainability
TEHRAN – Targeted subsidy strategies can improve consumption patterns and trends toward natural renewable energy, which play a major role in environmental sustainability.
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2020-12-05 18:37
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Soil depletion: a neglected issue requiring urgent attention
TEHRAN – Soil is one of the most vital non-renewable resources that many organisms on the planet depend on, as it ensures food security of the nations; however, the attention paid to this valuable resource is not as much as its significance.
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2020-12-02 22:32
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Law of persons with disabilities should be truly protective
TEHRAN – For the first time in a decade, a law was passed in 2018 to protect the rights of persons with disabilities, however, the question is, has it been effective and fully enforced by the related bodies?
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2020-12-01 18:50
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Love for nature in Iranian baby names
TEHRAN – Many Iranian names are derived from nature and are inspired by flowers and other elements. Being widespread and common in Iranian culture, this issue shows the importance of nature among Iranians.
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2020-11-30 18:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Air pollution hiding behind COVID-19
TEHRAN – With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, air pollution has been marginalized despite being much deadlier, causing over 7 million deaths annually, while the virus has just taken less than 1.5 million lives worldwide so far.
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2020-11-27 18:09
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Ominous shadow of hunting on Iran’s birdwatching paradise
TEHRAN – Miankaleh International Wetland is known as the birdwatching paradise of Iran, but for several years now, uncontrolled hunting has caused serious damage to the region's environment.
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2020-11-27 18:04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Nature therapy with Iran’s impressive bird diversity
TEHRAN – In addition to its great impact on the human psyche in today's stressful life, looking at birds and nature is like a free psychiatric hospital with organic treatment.
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2020-11-24 18:25
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iranian mountains: a great place to see plants you never have seen before
TEHRAN – Iran is a mountainous country harboring an extraordinary vascular flora including many rare and endemic plant species in the alpine zone. The importance of mountain biodiversity for the whole of humanity triggers the necessary changes both in attitude and behavior required to secure mountain biodiversity and its genetic resources for future generations.
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2020-11-23 17:57
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19: economic pressure plundering nature
TEHRAN – Rising economic pressures and declining public revenues since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak have caused profiteers and poachers to once again attack natural resources and plunder the environment to make up for their income shortcomings.
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2020-11-21 23:46
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Traditional medicine comes to fight COVID-19
TEHRAN – To speed up treatment, researchers have been searching for available medicine and therapies effective in treating coronavirus patients. In this line, some drugs were selected but none was a definitive cure. Now, traditional herbal medicine steps in to reduce the burden.
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2020-11-16 18:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Gorgan Bay: a late solution to speed up valuable reserve’s demise
TEHRAN – The latest assessment of the National Cartographic Center shows that more than one hundred square kilometers of the Gorgan Bay has dried up, and delay in finding a solution will accelerate the destruction of the valuable reserve.
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2020-11-11 17:31
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran's demographic issue: fertility reaches lowest rate in 8 years
TEHRAN – The fertility rate in Iran has been declining over the past eight years, the lowest of which was related to the past [Iranian calendar] year (March 2019- March 2020) with the birth rate of 1.2, according to the data recently published by the Statistics Center.
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2020-11-09 18:41
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Mining must not come at cost of environmental degradation
TEHRAN – Mining is among the most destructive activities in the environment. Although there are some laws in place that are intended to minimize the damage, they are not enough to prevent the irredeemable footprint of mining on nature, especially in cases where the regulations are difficult to enforce.
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2020-11-07 18:33
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Water transfer projects: beneficial or detrimental to environment?
TEHRAN – Iran inaugurated the first phase of a major water desalination and transfer project on Thursday aiming at alleviating and even meeting the urgent need of central arid areas for water, however, is it really beneficial, or is going to incur irreparable losses to the environment?
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2020-11-06 19:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
War footprint never fades away from nature
TEHRAN – When a war occurs, casualties and destruction come to mind first, while one of the main victims of this human phenomenon is the environment because the effects of war on nature never fade away and can be seen in the food cycle and nature for a long time.
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2020-10-30 16:56
By Faranak Bakhtiari
World Cities Day: COVID-19 brings communities into sharp focus
TEHRAN – The COVID-19 pandemic has further reinforced the key importance of communities in achieving sustainable development goals and for cities’ action response, recovery, and beyond.
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2020/10/28
By Faranak Bakhtiari
More serious strategies needed to tackle pandemic
TEHRAN – The difficult and progressive conditions of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the high rate of mortality and infection necessitate a serious review of the management methods.
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2020-10-26 09:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Italian envoy highlights role of art in commemorating healthcare workers
TEHRAN – Italian Ambassador to Tehran Giuseppe Perrone has said artisans can play a great part in commemorating the healthcare workers who were sacrificed during the battle against the coronavirus.
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2020/10/13
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19 has given a fillip to biodiversity
TEHRAN – The COVID-19 outbreak caused many problems for the world, but in return gave the planet's environment and biodiversity a chance to breathe. The high mortality rate may be worrisome, but it provided us with the opportunity to think more about how we should treat biodiversity in a better way.
