By Faranak Bakhtiari

From suicide to happiness: meet Iran’s mother of brides

TEHRAN – Sima Alipour, a 26-year-old girl, is called Iran’s mother of brides. A couple of years ago, she felt totally lost in the pitch blackness and decided to die, but a sparkle of hope enlightened her life so that she has helped so far hundreds of financially-struggling couples to start married life.

By M.A. Saki

Release of Grace 1 marks a suicide for Bolton 

When Britain impounded the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 on July 4, John Bolton, Donald Trump’s ultra-hawkish national security adviser, tweeted: “Excellent news”. 

Road accidents, top cause of death among youth: official 

TEHRAN- Road accidents is the leading cause of death in Iranian youth, accounting for 30% of deaths among them, said the head of community, family and schools health department in the Ministry of Health. 

Austria: Six men, Iranian included, attempt suicide in face of deportation

TEHRAN - Six men who were scheduled to be deported from Austria were brought to local hospitals in critical condition late on Friday night after apparently setting fire to their cells in a Vienna detention center. 

350 emergency social services center operating nationwide

TEHRAN – Some 350 centers providing emergency social services have been launched and developed across the country, which have reduced social harms to a great extent, Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey, labor ministry’s caretaker has said.