Eight faculties of traditional medicine operating in universities
A total of eight faculties and 13 educational groups of Iranian traditional medicine are operating in universities of medical sciences, Nafiseh Hosseini Yekta, the director of the health ministry’s Persian medicine office, has said.
A wake-up call from the environment
Desertification has set off alarming bells in Iran, threatening approximately 88 percent of the land nationwide.
COVIRAN, a source of honor for nation
Iran was the first country to acquire the knowledge of producing a vaccine against the coronavirus, Reza A’alizadeh, the innovator of the vaccine COVIRAN Barkat, told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview.
Venezuela welcomes cooperation with Iran on medicinal plants
Alberto Quintero, the director of the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), in a meeting with representatives of Iranian knowledge-based companies in the field of medicinal plants, emphasized the need to cooperate with Iran.
National plan on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to be approved
The national plan on reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been revised and is awaiting approval, Darioush Gol Alizadeh, head of the national center for weather and climate change affiliated with the Department of Environment, has said.
Iran exports $700m of medicinal plants
The export revenue of medicinal plants is estimated at $700 million, the caretaker of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, Rouhollah Dehghani, has said.
Some $2b allocated for marriage loans to support couples
A total of 670 trillion rials (nearly $2 billion) have been provided as low-profit loans to couples over the first six months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (began on March 21), director of youth social development and planning office of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, has said.
National festival of medicinal plants to be held
The 6th National Festival and Exhibition of Medicinal Plants, Natural Products, and Iranian Traditional Medicine will be held in Tehran on November 1 to 4.
“Hope” comes back to Iran
For the 15th year in a row, the last survivor of the Siberian crane, called ‘Omid’ (meaning Hope in Persian), came once again to the Fereydunknar International Wetland on Thursday.
IORA should become familiar with achievements of Iranian women: VP
The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) should become familiar with the remarkable achievements of Iranian women, Ensieh Khazali, the vice president for women and family affairs, has said.