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All News about Iranian Society – All the social, environmental, community and lifestyle news from across Iran, including the life and times of the capital, Tehran. There’s so much more to Iran than politics!

Iran in Pictures

Meteorite found in Iran desert unveiled (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The meteorite which weighs 17 kg was discovered during a desert expedition in 2013.
Healthcare

Cancer specialty center opens in northeastern Iran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The specialty center aim to help with early diagnosis of cancer and promote the quality of the patients' lives.
Iran in Pictures

Besieged by selfies (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Some psychologists believe snapping too many selfies might be a symptom of a mental problem such as narcissism.
Science and Technology

Q&A: Iran’s top science official strives for a Silicon Valley spirit

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran seeks to be the superpower of science and technology in the region and stand atop the Islamic world, said Sorena Sattari.
Interviews

A sailor who has sailed into unchartered waters

Emad Askarieh -
An Iranian woman has picked a job which has proved to be a whole new ball game for her: maritime sailing.
Education

School year officially starts for Afghan students in Iran (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Photos of the reopening of a school for Afghan children after the Leader ordered that no Afghan migrant should be denied education in Iran.
Healthcare

Umbilical Cord Blood Processing Bank (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The Umbilical Cord Blood Processing Bank preserves the umbilical cord blood of newborns in case it is needed in the future.
Education

School for migrant children in Qom (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
More than 100 migrant children, mostly Afghans, who come from different corners of Qom, are studying in this school.
Foreign Policy

Muslim world, not Riyadh, should run Hajj: Iran’s Parliament

Golrokh Askarieh -
The MPS also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia to investigate the causes of the Mina tragedy.
Local

Party politics: A party for women or partisans of women’s political activity?

Golrokh Askarieh -
Three female political players set out reasons why Iranian women are underrepresented in executive bodies and how the current trend can be reversed.
Crisis

Iran death toll from Mina stampede reaches 136

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has announced that the number of Iranian pilgrims who died in the Mina stampede has increased to 136.
Education

Iran builds its biggest ever school in Sharjah

Emad Askarieh -
The educational complex Iran is constructing in Sharjah will turn into an international school and its IB-based curriculum will be taught in English.
Crisis

Coverage of Hajj tragedy by Iranian newspapers on September 26

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian newspapers on Saturday brought into focus the tragic incident in Mina on Thursday, which was the worst Hajj tragedy in 25 years.
Iran in Pictures

Moving in the same direction (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Many Tehran commuters share a car on a daily basis heading in the same direction.
Crisis

Iran summons Saudi charge d’ affaires over Mina incident

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s interior minister in a letter to his Saudi counterpart has called for full investigation into the tragic stampede incident in Mina.
Crisis

Toll from Hajj stampede outside Mecca reaches 2,000: Sources

Golrokh Askarieh -
The death toll from a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, has soared...
Crisis

Saudi government responsible for Mina tragedy: Ayatollah Rafsanjani

Golrokh Askarieh -
Ayatollah Rafsanjani has said that Saudi officials in charge of [maintaining] order in Hajj rituals are responsible for the incident near Mecca and should be answerable to the Islamic world.
Crisis

Iran’s President Rouhani orders task force to address Mina disaster

Golrokh Askarieh -
Among its objectives, the task force would have to send over aid teams, if needed, and dispatch aircraft to Saudi Arabia in order to assist the pilgrims and the wounded.
Crisis

Iran declares 3-day national mourning over Mecca deaths

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Saudi government should meet its obligations in compliance with the rule of righteousness and fairness, the leader said.
Crisis

Number of Iranian victims of Saudi stampede rises to 47

Golrokh Askarieh -
The head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said that the Saudi officials had blocked two ways leading to the stoning point, thus causing the stampede.
Education

Back to school in photos

Fatemeh Askarieh -
More than 13 million students went to schools across Iran on September 23.
Hard News

US policies, Israel crimes key problems for Muslims: Leader

Emad Askarieh -
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a message to Hajj pilgrims stressing the importance of the annual ritual.
Environment

Asiatic cheetah on the prowl

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Kooshki was handed over as a gift by a hunter to the Environment Protection Organization when he was a cub.
Environment

A city councilor takes a dip, of a different sort

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Environment activists have been protesting for years but their efforts to stem the flow of dirty water into sea have not produced any results yet.
Iran in Pictures

Man with amputated arms soldiers on (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Physical disability seems to be too small an obstacle to prevent Hossein Shokuhi from leading a normal life.
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