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Healthcare

Iran lifts mask mandate for outdoor settings as COVID-19 recedes

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Iran’s national headquarters against coronavirus says people are no longer required to wear masks in outdoor areas for the time being, as the country has managed to keep the spread of COVID-19 under control.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Wonderful Nature of Lorestan Province

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Lorestan is one of the most beautiful provinces of Iran. Sightseeing in Lorestan falls in the category of natural tourism. Breathtaking nature of Lorestan has led the province has to earn the nickname the “bride of nature”.
Cinema

Iranian movie Leila’s Brothers banned

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The Cinema Organization of Iran has announced it will not issue a screening license to the movie Leila’s Brothers that took part in the Cannes Film Festival for violating regulations.
Tourism

Iran Tourism: A Guide to the City of Khansar

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Khansar is a small city with a population of just over 20,000 people that is a two-hour drive away from the central Iranian city of Esfahan. The area has much to offer in terms of tourism. Here is a look at a few highlights on Khansar.
Local

Iranian MP’s ‘transnational marriage solution’ draws ire

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An Iranian lawmaker’s remarks regarding the marriage of single girls with foreigners, have drawn a public backlash inside the country.
Tourism

Iran tourism: Time Museum in northern Tehran

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The Time Museum in the Iranian capital Tehran has been registered as a national monument of Iran.
Urban

Official: Tehran reserves of drinking water 20% less than previous year

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Tehran’s Water and Sewerage Organization says the Iranian capital’s reserves of drinking water are now around 640 million cubic meters, which is 20 percent less than the previous year.
Local

Medical talk show taken off air over guest’s ‘unscientific’ remarks

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Iranian state TV takes off the air a medical talk show amid controversy over a viral excerpt of the program, in which a guest surgeon appears to link rising arthritis cases among Iranians to their postures during daily Muslim prayers and while using Iranian-style squat toilets.
Religion

Land border between Iran and Iraq reopens for pilgrims vis free

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Iraq has made good on its promise to let Iranian pilgrims enter the country visa-free through the land border between the two countries.
Science and Technology

Iran develops agro-drones for crop dusting

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Iran has reached self-sufficiency in the production of agricultural drones. An Iranian knowledge-based company has developed the machine at a sci-tech park in the capital, Tehran.
Agriculture

Iran’s capital hosting 29th edition of intl. agro-food exhibition

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The Iranian capital, Tehran, is hosting the 29th edition of the International Exhibition of Food, Food Technology and Agriculture (Iran Agrofood 2022), which is the largest such event in the Middle East.
Religion

‘5 million Iranians expected to visit Iraq for 2022 Arba’een pilgrimage’

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With Covid-related restrictions eased worldwide, up to five million Iranian pilgrims are expected to visit Iraq later this year to join the massive march of Arba’een, which marks the 40th day after the anniversary of the third Shia Imam’s martyrdom, an official says.
Media

Iran arrests administrators of Telegram channels for revealing classified info

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says they have arrested the administrators of three Telegram text messaging channels for revealing highly classified information.
Environment

Telecommunications tower project in Iran shelved to save birds’ nest

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In an inspirational move, technical experts at a telecommunications company in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad who were about to launch a project, decided to call it off after they realized that a bird and four of its hatchlings were living atop the radio mast that was part of the project.
Nature and Wildlife

Surviving Iranian cheetah cub Pirooz, hale and hearty

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Following the death of two of the three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran, the Department of Environment says the third cub is out of the woods and is not at risk of death.
Science and Technology

Iran knowledge-based company makes portable ventilator, sidesteps sanctions

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An Iranian knowledge-based company has produced a portable ventilator machine which does away with the need to import foreign brands at exorbitant prices.
Incidents

Child dies as vandals damage ambulance in Tehran

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A two-year-old girl has reportedly died of a heart attack after unknown assailants on a congested street in the Iranian capital damaged the ambulance of paramedics who were racing against time to save the child’s life.
Urban

Iranian public urged to save water amid acute scarcity

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Iranian officials have been raising awareness among the public over acute water shortages gripping the capital, Tehran, and the broader country, urging people to adopt conservation methods to protect the country’s scarce water resources.
Incidents

8 die at birthday party blast near Tehran

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Eight people lost their lives in an explosion at a birthday party in the suburbs of the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday evening.
Incidents

Iran: Negligence by truck driver blamed for gas leak in Fars Province incident

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The director general of the Crisis Control Department in Iran’s Fars Province has blamed Negligence by a truck driver for the gas leak that injured dozens of people in a factory in the province.
Tourism

Iran culture minister: MOU with Iraq seeks to remove obstacles to land travel

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Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation in the field of tourism. The MOU was signed after a meeting between Ezzatollah Zarghami Iranian minister of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts and Hassan Nadhem the Iraqi minister of culture, tourism and antiquities in Tehran.
Nature and Wildlife

Iranian port city of Bandar e Khamir registered as wetland city

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Bandar e Khamir in southern Iran has been registered as a wetland city of the world along with 24 other cities from 13 countries. That’s according to the Iranian port city’s mayor, Javad Mahmoudi.
Healthcare

Saudi Arabia refuses to accept pilgrims inoculated with Iranian Covid vaccines

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Saudi Arabia is sticking to its guns about the rejection of Hajj pilgrims from Iran who got inoculated with Iranian-made Covid vaccines.
Incidents

Official: 18,000 Iranians die each year in car accidents

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The head of Iran’s Emergency Organization has said nearly 18,000 people die in car accidents in the country each year.
Education

Report: Brain Drain from Iran has expanded to include school-aged students

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Reports say the rate of migration of the elite in Iran has expanded to cover even talents in their school years. That’s what a report by Resalat Daily, affiliated with Iran’s ruling principalists, says about the problem of brain drain in Iran.
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