Tehran Times The flood emergency response maneuver held in the most flood-prone areas of the capital on Tuesday, Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization director has announced. Reza Karami-Mohammadi said the aim of the maneuvers is to evaluate the organizations actions, roles and responsibilities in response to a flood as well as ...

Tehran Times Traffic congestion in the traffic zones of Tehran has declined by 52 percent over the Iranian calendar month of Mordad (July 23-August 22) compared to the same period last year, according to the data released by the Tehran Traffic Control Company. A new traffic scheme went into effect on June 22 in the capital aiming to address persistent ...

Tehran Times The 12th edition of Irans International Grain, Flour, and Bakery Industry Exhibition (IBEX2019) kicked off at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Friday, IRNA reported. During this four-day exhibition, manufacturers of bakery and grain harvesting machinery and equipment along with companies active in the fields of foodstuff,...

Tehran Times Environmental education will be included in the countrys pre-primary schools curriculum in the new school year (beginning September 23) to prepare children for environment protection. In Iran, pre-primary school is a 1-year education process for children aged 5 to 6 years to be prepared before entering elementary schools. It has been ...

Financial Tribune - Irans long-term unemployed population reached 37.8% of the total number of jobless in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019). The long-term unemployment rate, which is the share of the labor force that has been without work for more than a year while actively looking for a job, was the highest for those between 25 and 29 ...

MNA Iran targets to promote medical tourism and attract more international patients this year. The industry grew between 10% and 15% over the last year. The number of medical tourists who entered the country in 2018 has increased by 1.5 times, compared to 2017. This number is estimated to be doubled by the end of 2019, the head of the Medical Tourism ...

Tehran Times Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 241 prisoners in Tehran who had committed unintentional crimes have been released, head of Tehran prisons organization Heshmatollah Hayatolgheib has stated. Following the efforts made by Blood Money Organization, Tehran prisons organization, and benefactors, 241 prisoners ...

Financial Tribune - Recent studies by the National Elites Foundation reveal a significant downtrend in the emigration of Iranian university entrance exam (locally known as concours after the French word meaning competition) toppers, and Science Olympiads. The study surveyed 2,712 of the selected Olympiad students and 35,313 of top students who ranked ...

MNA The students of Irans Sharif University of Technology Aerospace Engineering ranked first place at the AIAA Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition. Iranian team named ShadX consists of 11 students form Sharif University stood at the first place at American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft Design Competition 2018-2019....

MNA Irans Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami said that Iran holds the rank of 16th in the world's scientific field. He made the remarks in the 40th anniversary of opening Shahr-e Kord University on Tuesday in Shahr-e Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. Science Minister stated that Iran is standing along with top ...

Financial Tribune - Over the past two decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made significant progress in the health and medical sector, expanding both in market size and coverage. The countrys ever-growing medical innovation ecosystem is supported by ongoing policy framework developments, incentives and regulatory bodies. In addition, the ...

Tehran Times - Traffic related accidents brought heavy economic burden amounting to 20 trillion rials (about $480 million) for the country in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20), Tehran traffic police chief Teymour Hosseini has said. Road crashes and casualties annually constitute about 5 percent of the countrys gross domestic product,...

Financial Tribune - T he number of internal migrants in Iran stood at 711,154 in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2019), of whom 588,312 moved from an urban area to another and 122,841 were rural-rural migrants. The main reasons behind the migration of this population include accompanying their family (52.8%), searching for a job (10%) and ...

Tehran Times - Firefighting trucks and fire engines in Tehran equipped with automatic vehicle locating (AVL) for the first time in the country, spokesman for Tehran Fire Department affiliated to the Municipality has announced. AVL is a means for automatically determining and transmitting the geographic location of a vehicle; the vehicle location ...

Financial Tribune - Iran University of Medical Sciences hosted an international event, called Technology, Health and Life (aka THL) this week, to boost digital health development. Held on Sunday, the daylong event was jointly organized by IUMS, the Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology and the Health Ministry, Peivast reported. THL ...

Tehran Times Some 97 percent of people with higher education are internet users in Iran, according to statistics released by Information Technology Organization, Mehr reported on Tuesday. Moreover, 99 percent of people with higher education use mobiles and 93.4 percent of people use computers, the report added. The internet penetration rate ...

Tehran Times Mohammad Ali Najafi, a former mayor of Tehran, has been pardoned for killing his wife, Mitra Ostad. Mitra Ostad was Najafis second wife. Masoud Afraze, a lawyer representing the murdered wife, told ISNA on Wednesday that Mitras brother, Masoud Ostad, had announced the pardon. According to ISNA, Masoud Ostad had published a post ...

Financial Tribune Irans birth rate has been declining since last year up to now, which was unprecedented over the past three decades, head of committee on population studies affiliated to the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has stated. The number of births in our country is drastically decreasing, IRIB news agency quoted Mohammad Javad ...

Tehran Times The first Iranian healthcare data visualization system, called VIZIT, was officially launched on Monday. According to VIZIT website, the digital system provides visualized data about diseases in different parts of the country based on a variety of factors including age, sex and the region. Data visualization is the graphical representation ...

Tehran Times The hot days of summer are associated with eating and drinking whether you are on a trip or want to spend long days outside the house. This issue increases the risk of food poisoning during the season. The hot temperature rises the speed of bacteria growth in your body, which makes you feel sick. Food poisoning during summer is caused ...