Society

Around 48% of people in Iran between the ages 15 and 64 have a BMI (Body Mass Index) over 25, which means roughly a little less than half of the country’s adolescent and adult population is overweight or obese.

A team led by Iranian professor Behrokh Khoshnevis is working on developing robots that will be able to construct buildings in a single day.

Five new rescue helicopters that Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has purchased will enter service within a month, an official announced.

Researchers at Sharif University of Technology have optimized bio solar cells with the help of a kind of protein found in jellyfish at a laboratorial scale, in order to replace the older generations of solar cells.

Davoud Feyrahi, a professor of political sciences at the University of Tehran, believes that Sunni Muslim countries cannot achieve democracy without the Muslim Brotherhood Movement.

Iran’s national Greco-Roman team managed to earn 3 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes on the first day of the International Wrestling Tournament underway in Bucharest.

The dust that has been blanketing Iran’s western and south-western provinces in recent days is coming from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria, Head of Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization (IEPO) Masoumeh Ebtekar said.

The Tehran Municipality have recently opened a centre for satire to brighten up the face of the megacity.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) is going to open the country’s first international centre for treatment of autism in cooperation with an Indian research centre, an official said.

Iran announced on Saturday June 18 that it had arrested the hacker behind the recent attacks on a number of government websites.

People gather in the holy shrine of the eighth Shiite imam, Imam Reza (AS), in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad to read the Quran...

The air pollution caused by dust and particles in Iran’s western provinces, including Lorestan, has reached “dangerous” levels, a senior environmental official announced.

Dust coming from deserts in Iraq and Syria disturbed daily life in western and southwestern parts of Iran, cancelling flights at Abadan's international airport.

A top Iranian cleric called on the Islamabad government to reverse its policy of inaction on the frequent killings of Shiite Muslims in terrorist attacks.

Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Mowlaverdi stressed on Wednesday, June 15, that the cooperation between Tehran and Vatican City and other countries will help solve problems facing women and families.

Royan Institute’s seventh summer school on the theme of ‘Interdisciplinary Sciences for Future Medicine’ will be held July 23-28 at the research centre, with the aim of enhancing young researchers’ knowledge on the subject of stem cells and their use in medicine and treatment.

“The people of this village make huge money by extracting turquoise.” This is what many people in Nishapur say about the residents of Ma’dan village, who have leased the turquoise mine from the government for a 25-year period, and are extracting the precious stone themselves.

Iran is "on the verge of a new era for architecture" according to local architects, as change sweeps through the Islamic republic following the lifting of...

In a philanthropic gesture, local musician Pouriya Heydari has initiated a project to help alleviate the plight of child street workers.

Mahdi Akbarnejad, a disabled Iranian swimmer from Gilan province, received eight medals in an international competition in Germany called IDM.

Reports indicate that some 105 marine species, mainly mammals, birds and reptiles living in Iran’s seas and lakes, are heading toward extinction.

Two officials at the Department of Environment cannot seem to agree on the precise source of the Persian Gulf’s rising salinity.

The recent birth of four baby red deer in Semeskandeh Wildlife Refuge in Sari, Mazandaran Province, has lifted the spirits of officials and activists, and increased the critically endangered animal’s chances of survival.

Within the next ten years, about 45% of the Iranian labour market will be in the hands of women, Moslem Khani, an advisor to the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare said on Monday June 13.

Deserted villages are slowly seeing rejuvenation in north-western Ardebil Province thanks to the growing number of people moving back to their birthplaces after experiencing “city life beset with problems.”