Iran’s Welfare Organization launched an online autism screening website on Monday, ISNA news agency reported.  Parents with children aged 2 to 5 years can refer to the website and answer to 10 online questions, the Organization director Vahid Qobadi-Dana said. By answering the questions parents will be informed weather their children are likely to have […]

Two Iranian documentaries, ‘Beloved’ by Yaser Talebi and ‘Lotus’ by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, have been shortlisted in two competition sections of 16th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in US. Directed by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, ‘Beloved’ follows the life of an 80-year-old mother named Firouzeh who is fond of her isolated lifestyle in nature with her cows. The film […]

 Iran has assumed chairmanship of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) – G77, according to the head of Iranian Space Agency. Morteza Barari, head of the Iranian Space Agency, made the announcement today at a ceremony marking the country’s national day of space technology. “Following the interactions between the ICT Ministry and Ministry […]

 Ten-day celebrations started across Iran on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Every year, senior government officials and military commanders attend a special ceremony at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport in remembrance of the historical return of Imam Khomeini from exile back in 1979. Late founder of the Islamic Republic […]

Iranian drones ‘Kaman 12’ and ‘Shahed-171’, designed and built by Iranian specialists, have been unveiled in an exhibition of military achievements, held in Imam Khomeini Musalla. ‘Eghtedar 97’ Exhibition is underway in Imam Khomeini Musalla, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Kaman 12 ‘Kaman 12’ can take off from the runways which have minimum length of 400m, […]

 Two Iranian films, ‘My Arms Flew’ by Hossein Nuri and ‘Endless?’ by Maryam Zahirimehr, have won awards at the 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) in India. Iranian feature ‘My Arms Flew’ directed by Hossein Nuri received a Special Jury Mention at the 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival in India. ‘My Arms Flew’ […]

Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) will be given to children born on March 20, 2016 or later nationwide, head of the preventable diseases department at the Ministry of Health has said. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there are two vaccines for polio: the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and IPV. OPV is taken orally as […]

 The first Iranian accelerator for In Vitro Diagnostic Device (IVD) was inaugurated by a knowledge-based company during a ceremony on Saturday, Mehr reported. A medical device is an IVD if it is a reagent, calibrator, control material, kit, specimen receptacle, software, instrument, apparatus, equipment or system, whether used alone or in combination with other diagnostic […]

Climate change has taken its toll on the environment worldwide and three years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, global climate action is not yet sufficient to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. According to the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2019 in the […]

Iran national football team booked a place at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Carlos Queiroz’s team defeated China 3-0 at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Sardar Azmoun set up Mehdi Taremi for the Iranian opener just 18 minutes into the match. He robbed a hesitant Feng Xiaoting […]