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2021-02-22 17:47
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Engineers endeavor to change the world for the better
TEHRAN – Iran marks National Engineer's Day on February 23, honoring the efforts and achievements of the engineers who are behind nearly any development to change the world for the better.
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2021-02-02 17:23
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Women’s share of national budget rises by 61%
TEHRAN – The budget proposed for women and family affairs has increased by 61 percent in the national budget bill for the next calendar year (starting on March 20).
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2021-02-02 17:20
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran's achievements in fight against cancer
TEHRAN – The development of cancer caregivers and specialists, increasing the number of service providers, and implementation of early diagnosis programs, along with support by NGOs and charities are the major steps Iran has taken in the fight against cancer.
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2021-02-01 17:10
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran among three countries with highest ICT growth: minister
TEHRAN – Iran is among the three countries with the highest growth rate in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the world, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi, the minister of information and communications technology, has said.
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2021-01-30 17:14
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19 shadow on Sadeh
TEHRAN – The Zoroastrian Festival of Sadeh, like other big celebrations worldwide affected by the coronavirus pandemic, was held in Iran on Friday with a limited audience under strict health protocols.
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2021-01-24 18:28
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Is reproduction a solution to Persian fallow deer conservation?
TEHRAN – Efforts are being made to protect endangered species of Persian fallow deer which is reported to remain a population of 400-500 across the country, but is this really save the animals from extinction?
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2021-01-23 17:28
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Education for COVID-19 generation
TEHRAN – As the global pandemic lurches toward a second year, numerous challenges and threats are targeting humanity, especially the education of over 1.5 billion students whose learning has been hampered due to school closures.
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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.
