a multi-million dollar source of income in Lake Urmia
Artemia of Lake Urmia is of great commercial value and if exported, it will be a multi-million-dollar source of income for the country, Salman Zaker, a member of the Majlis (Iranian parliament) has said.
Iran to import Pfizer, Moderna vaccines from Europe
Negotiation is underway with one or two European countries to purchase Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines, Alireza Raisi, the spokesman for the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, has said.
Development plans should meet climate change goals
Arid and semi-arid countries, like Iran, should prepare plans for social and economic development based on the climate change goals, Mostafa Mohaghegh, a senior official at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), has said.
Iran tops Islamic nations in 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities
The 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has placed Iran above all other Islamic countries with the highest number of academic centers among the world’s best 1,000 universities.
Caspian seals awaiting protection plan to survive extinction
The endangered Caspian seals, the sole marine mammal inhabiting the Caspian Sea, do not have suitable breeding grounds, so it is necessary to develop and implement a protection plan as soon as possible.
First biotech park comes on stream in Bushehr
The first biotechnology park in Iran has started operating in southern Bushehr Province, Hassan Habibi, head of Bushehr science and technology park, has announced.
Caspian Sea level shrinks by 5-10cm on year
The average annual water level of the Caspian Sea has decreased by about 5 to 10 cm compared to a year before, according to the network information of the Ministry of Energy.
IRCS denies sending coronavirus vaccines to Venezuela
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), has denied sending any shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Iran to Venezuela.
Iranian professor among world’s top 35 transplant doctors
Iranian physician, Amir Ali Hamidieh, the founder of pediatric transplantation in Iran, has been included in the list of 35 world-renowned stem cell transplant doctors in the article “one and a half million hematopoietic stem cell transplants”.
Over a ton of narcotics discovered in eastern provinces
The anti-narcotics police have seized over a ton of drugs in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan and the northeastern Khorasan Razavi provinces, IRNA reported on Saturday.