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The Iranian government has managed to increase the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of an estimated 70 million children since about 30 years ago by adding iodine to the salt they consumed, a senior academic says.

Iranian armed forces and civil bodies have been deployed in northern Iran as flash floods seriously affected people of Golestan and Mazandaran provinces, leaving behind casualties and making thousands displaced.

Since a long time ago, South Khorasan province in eastern Iran has been home to numerous rituals where locals pray for rain.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has offered condolences to China over a deadly explosion in a chemical plant, which killed and wounded dozens of people.

Housewives in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr welcome the advent of the Persian New Year by making different types of bread.

An Iranian researcher couple has circumvented sanctions and developed technologies which are very effective in medical treatment and rehabilitation.

A man in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran has dedicated his life to saving mugger crocodiles.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed deep regret over the deadly sinking of a ferry in Iraq's Tigris River, in which tens of people, mostly women and children, drowned.

Ramsar or Moallem Boulevard, a symbol of the city of Ramsar in Mazandaran province, is one of the most beautiful roads in northern Iran, which links the sea, mountain and forest together.

Samira Shabani is the first helicopter pilot in Iran, with two years' experience of flying aircraft. She believes flying a chopper is more difficult than flying a plane.

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Several people have sustained injuries after a 90-metre cargo vessel under the flag of Comoros capsized and sank on Tuesday at Shahid Rajaee port of the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas near the Persian Gulf.

The Municipality of Bojnord, a city in North Khorasan province in north-eastern Iran, has prepared 300,000 flowerpots to use for decorating the city on the eve of the Persian New Year or Nowruz.

Iran’s Department of Environment says it does not agree with the development of dolphinariums as animals should not be exploited for recreational purposes.

The Municipality of Tehran has decorated the exterior of old houses in alleys of District 9 as part of a pre-Nowruz campaign called “Look Again”.

Although many experts have predicted the death of press release, it’s still alive and kicking. In fact, it’s the reason why online PR distribution services exist.

Iran’s vice president for women and family affairs says some women prisoners could serve their sentences outside jail with electronically controlled handcuffs.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has offered condolences to the nation and government of Zimbabwe over the deaths of a number of Zimbabwean people after a heavy storm hit the African country.

A festival of coloured eggs is underway in the Iranian capital of Tehran as part of Baharestan 98 event which is held on the eve of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, with the participation of 450 artists at 10 sites.

An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed a linear medical accelerator to expedite the treatment of cancer patients in Iran.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Islamic countries to join hands and find the “overt and covert” sponsors of such terrorist attacks as the one against Muslims in New Zealand.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has strongly condemned a Friday terrorist attack on Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an emergency session on the carnage.  

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch, which left several Muslim people from various countries martyred and wounded.

With the increase in demand of certified candidates worldwide, the number of individuals approaching different training centres has increased to much higher in comparison to last few years. But now a difference has entered in the training methods.

A group of researchers at a knowledge-based company have managed to produce a spray called “Migraine Cut” which can treat migraine headaches.