National Children’s Week underway

TEHRAN – The National Children’s Week is underway from October 5 to 11 under the theme of “We must build up the future”, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

Children under spotlight at IIDCYA photo contest for Arbaeen pilgrimage 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has launched a photo contest on the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen, which will put its spotlight on children who will attend the large gathering of Shia Muslims in Iraq.

Child adoption process to speed up

TEHRAN – Child adoption process being piloted in Tehran will speed up, Darioush Bayatnejad, Tehran province welfare organization director has said.

Tehran exhibit to showcase paintings by children in flood-hit regions

TEHRAN – An exhibition opening on Sunday in Tehran will hang paintings by children in the regions impacted by the devastating floods in March.

‘Video game addiction could start in very young ages’  

TEHRAN- Video game addiction could start from as soon as the age of three, so it is strongly advised that parents control such behaviors in their young children, said the director of Center for Addiction Studies. 

First teddy bear hospital opens in Yazd

TEHRAN- Iran’s first teddy bear hospital, aimed at reducing childhood anxiety about medical environments, procedures and professionals opened in the city of Yazd, said a faculty member of Yazd University of Medical Sciences. 

Child adoption website operational nationwide next year

TEHRAN – The child adoption website being piloted in Tehran will be operational all over the country in the next [Iranian calendar] year (starting on March 21), the Welfare organization director for children affairs has said.

Children to perform musical “Seven Adventures of Rustam” in Tehran

TEHRAN – Bahareh Jahandoost plans to direct a large group of children to perform a musical in Tehran based on the story of “The Seven Adventures of Rustam” from the Persian poet Ferdowsi’s magnum opus, Shahnameh.

Children and cyberspace; how to deal with cyberbullying?

TEHRAN -- Do we have the power to cope with cyberspace? Many experts believe that the answer is negative. A number of children experts and professionals discussed the ways to use cyberspace as a capacity during a meeting on last Wednesday.

Extensive vaccination against Polio in southeastern Iran

TEHRAN- Some 8,000 children under age five will be vaccinated against polio in southeastern Iran, said the head of the communicable diseases department at the Ministry of Health. 

3-5% of cancers occur among children: health official 

TEHRAN— Only three to five percent of cancers occur among children, head of the cancer department at the Ministry of Health has said.

About 65% of Iranian children aged 3-5 have smart phones: official

TEHRAN – Some 65 percent of children in Iran between 3-5 years of age have smart cellphone or tablets, said Khosro Saljouqi, the executive director of children’s internet plan of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), ILNA reported on Friday.

Tehraners donate $10m to orphans, underprivileged children

TEHRAN – Tehrani benefactors have contributed 435 billion rials (nearly $10 million) during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 22, 2018) to help children who are either orphaned or whose parents are financially struggling, deputy director for the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced.

‘Some 20 million internet users are below 18 in Iran’

TEHRAN – In Iran, about 20 million internet users out of 56 million users are below 18, deputy education minister for training Alireza Kazemi said, IRNA reported on Monday.

Asian association on children’s rights to be launched

TEHRAN – A draft on the establishment of an Asian association on protecting the rights of children has been signed by the Asian countries participating in the Regional Conference on Rights of the Child, founder of the children's rights academic association has announced.

Children of Iranian mothers, foreign fathers to get Iranian citizenship

TEHRAN – The cabinet of ministers chaired by President Hassan Rouhani approved on Sunday a bill, according to which, children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers are permitted to receive Iranian citizenship.

UN: Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years’

The United Nations has warned Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the Guardian reported on Monday.

Vision screening test for children to begin in Oct.

TEHRAN – The Welfare Organization will start carrying out vision screening tests for children aging 3 to 6 years by the beginning of the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban (October 23).

Art expert asks galleries to lift ban on admitting children

TEHRAN – Art expert and owner of Golestan Gallery in Tehran Lily Golestan who has asked her colleagues to lift the ban on children’s entry to art exhibitions.

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the U.S.: CNN

The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a U.S. State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

By M.A. Saki

Has Saudi Arabia gone mad?

The Saudi-led coalition is committing crimes in Yemen one after another. In a new airstrike on Thursday, a bus was targeted as it was carrying children from a summer camp in a busy market area in the northern Majz district.

By staff & agencies

Bloody day for Hudaydah

At least 55 people, including women and children, have been killed in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hudaydah in air raids carried out by the House of Saud regime and United Arab Emirates (UAE) alliance battling Ansarullah (Houthi) movement forces, the Ansarullah-run health ministry said.

Tourist camps planned for children, young adults

TEHRAN – Iran plans to set up tourist camps special for children and young adults across the country with the aim of fostering a wider tourism culture that entails the role of younger generations.

By Mohsen Mohammadi

Gaza children’s writings, paintings published in “The Gardens of Hope”

TEHRAN – A collection of writings and paintings by Palestinian children in Gaza, which is always under attack from Israeli forces, has been published in a book titled “The Gardens of Hope” in Tehran. 

Hamedan intl. children’s theater festival opens 

TEHRAN – The 24th edition of the International Theater Festival for Children and Young Adults opened Thursday in Hamedan, Iran.

National Children’s Week interwoven with environmental consciousness

TEHRAN — The National Children’s Week, October 7 to 13, is specifically planned to raise children’s environmental consciousness this year.