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Religion

The Leader says hijab issue must be dealt with “very gracefully and logically”

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The leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution says everyone should act “very gracefully, logically and away from unnecessary emotions” on the issue of hijab – the Islamic dress code -- and clear reasoning must be employed to expose the western colonialist attitude in rejection of hijab.
Environment

Iran will not forgo rights to water from Helmand River: Raisi

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the Islamic Republic will forcefully pursue its right to water shares from the Helmand River in Afghanistan.
Healthcare

Iran health minister: Omicron sub-strain spreads 18 times faster

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Iran’s health minister has asked the nation to follow health protocols to stem the outbreak of the Omicron BA.5 sub-strains, which as he said, spreads 18 times faster than other variants.
Incidents

Iran issues red alert for heavy rains in 5 provinces

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Iran issues a red alert for heavy rains and subsequent risks of flooding in five provinces mainly located in the southern half of the country, as deadly flash floods have been wreaking havoc in the provinces of Fars and Sistan and Baluchesta in recent days.
Incidents

Floods cause outage in several villages in southeast Iran

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Floods triggered by heavy rainfall have hit Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan Province, inundating 8 towns and 33 villages there.
Environment

15 tons of garbage dumped into Iran’s Anzali Lagoon daily: Environment official

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An Iranian environment official says 15 tons of refuse is dumped into Anzali Lagoon in Iran’s northern Gilan Province every day.
Education

Data show sharp rise in tendency among Iranian students for migration

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New data show the age of migration in Iran has witnessed a sharp decline over the past decade, with a growing tendency among school students for leaving the homeland.
Healthcare

Iran Covid: 41 deaths, over 11k new cases in 24 hours

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The daily death toll from Covid in Iran has hit a record high in several months with the health ministry’s announcement on Tuesday showing 41 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Environment

Official: Taliban withhold Iran’s water share

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Iran and representatives of the Taliban administration in Afghanistan have failed to reach an agreement on the two countries’ share of water from the Hirmand River, an Iranian official says.
Sport

Iran wins Asian weightlifting vice-championship

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Iran's junior weightlifting team has stood second in the 2022 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Uzbekistan.
Science and Technology

Iranian researchers design cheaper, more effective pipeline valves

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Iranian researchers have designed three-stage valves for fluids pipelines that are 50 percent cheaper to manufacture and are five times quicker to shut down the flow, when there is an impact.
Sport

Report: AC Milans wants Porto’s Iranian striker Taremi

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Reports coming out of Europe say Italian soccer club AC Milan has initiated preliminary contacts to get Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi form Portugal’s Porto FC.
Healthcare

Iran Covid: Nearly 10k patients identified in 24 hours

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Almost 10,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Iran in the past 24 hours, as the country is experiencing its seventh wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Environment

Tehran air quality at critical levels again

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Hospitals and emergency centers have been put on standby as the air quality index in the Iranian capital Tehran reached 327, meaning it is dangerous for everyone and may prompt emergency condition alerts.
Incidents

Iran police arrest purported killers of brother of Metropol Building’s owner

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The Iranian police say law enforcement forces have apprehended 5 people for alleged involvement in the shooting to death of the brother of the Metropol Building in Abadan.
Foreign Policy

Covid kills 34 more people in Iran

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The number of Covid deaths keeps rising in Iran. The health ministry figures on Sunday showed 34 people had died of the virus in the previous 24 hours.
Science and Technology

Mealworm beetles, a nutritious food source for livestock, poultry and aquatic animals

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A group of Iranian researchers have developed a nutritious food product to serve as livestock inputs through the semi-industrial breeding of yellow mealworm beetles. According to them, mealworm beetles were authorized for consumption by the European Food Safety Authority back in 2003 due to the rich levels of protein and unsaturated fat in them.
Healthcare

Iran health official: Omicron sub-strains resistant to vaccines, highly transmissible

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An Iranian health official says the new sub-variants of the Omicron strain of coronavirus, BA.4, and BA.5, are resistant to vaccines and are much more transmissible compared to the previous versions.
Incidents

Governor declares day of mourning in Iran’s Fars province over deadly flooding

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The governor of Iran’s Fars Province has declared Sunday a day of mourning in the southern region due to the death of a number of people in a flood there.
Incidents

Report: Brother of Metropol Building’s owner shot dead

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Unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead the brother of the owner of Metropol Building that collapsed in May in Abadan amleaving dozens dead.
Incidents

Two workers die after getting trapped inside Iranian chrome mine

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An officisl with Iran Red Crescent Society says rescue workers have found the body of the second worker trapped under debris inside a chrome mine in the province of Kerman.
Healthcare

Coronavirus takes 26 more lives in Iran

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26 people in Iran succumbed to Covid-19 infection and 6,921 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the tally by the Iranian health ministry on Saturday.
Science and Technology

Iran preparing to launch new satellite into orbit in autumn

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A senior Iranian space official says the country has “special plans” for developing telecommunication satellites designed to be placed in high-altitude orbits, and that one of the spacecraft under construction will be launched this autumn.
Science and Technology

Iran, Russia expanding ICT ties

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The Iranian minister of information and communications technology says Iran and Russia are set to take the cooperation between their knowledge-based ICT companies to a whole new level.
Incidents

Nearly two dozen die as heavy rains, flash floods hit Iran’s Fars Province

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At least 20 people have lost their lives as flash floods triggered by heavy downpours are wreaking havoc in Iran’s southwestern province of Fars.
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