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Preparing national document on ecotourism ‘necessary’ 02 Jun 2021

Preparing national document on ecotourism ‘necessary’

It is necessary to prepare a national document and provide the legal infrastructure for expanding educational and cultural activities to develop ecotourism in the country, the director of the Natural History Museum and Genetic Resources of the Department of Environment, has said.

Iranian university grants scholarships to Afghan girls 02 Jun 2021

Iranian university grants scholarships to Afghan girls

Al-Zahra University in Tehran has approved granting scholarships to 50 graduates of an Afghan girls’ high school, which was targeted by a terrorist bomb attack on May 9.

Spicogen vaccine to begin human testing in Iran 02 Jun 2021

Spicogen vaccine to begin human testing in Iran

The second and third phases of clinical studies of the Iranian-Australian Spicogen vaccine for coronavirus will be performed in Iran, Iranian Food and Drug Administration spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.

COVID-19 inoculation to rollout by homegrown vaccine 01 Jun 2021

COVID-19 inoculation to rollout by homegrown vaccine

Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced that immunization against coronavirus by the domestic vaccine (COVIRAN BAREKAT) will start by the next week, ISNA reported on Monday.

Iran welcomes scientific cooperation related to Caspian Sea 31 May 2021

Iran welcomes scientific cooperation related to Caspian Sea

Iranian academic and scientific institutions have always supported scientific initiatives in relation to the Caspian Sea, Kazem Jalali, Ambassador of Iran to Russia said.

Alarm bells ringing: Persian gazelle facing extinction 31 May 2021

Alarm bells ringing: Persian gazelle facing extinction

  Habitat destruction and overhunting have reduced the population of 20,000 Persian gazelle to less than 500 in habitats of South Khorasan province, putting the species in danger of extinction.

Iran-Cuba vaccine to complete clinical trials by mid-June 31 May 2021

Iran-Cuba vaccine to complete clinical trials by mid-June

Soberana-02 COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Iran and Cuba will complete clinical trials by mid-June by being administered to 24,000 Iranians.

National day for rare diseases approved 30 May 2021

National day for rare diseases approved

The eighth day of Esfand (the last Iranian calendar month) which falls on February 26 has been approved to be designated as the national day of rare diseases in the national calendar, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

rally in Washington anti-Palestine atrocities as US MPs back Israel 30 May 2021

rally in Washington anti-Palestine atrocities as US MPs back Israel

More than one hundred pro-Palestinian groups across the US have sponsored another major protest rally in Washington DC against the Israeli regime’s latest terror campaign in Palestine as hawkish American lawmakers introduced yet another bill reiterating support for the occupying entity.

Tobacco imposes annual loss of $33b: deputy health minister 29 May 2021

Tobacco imposes annual loss of $33b: deputy health minister

Estimates show that tobacco costs the country 1.4 quadrillion rials (nearly $33.3 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) annually, Alireza Raeisi, the deputy health minister, has announced.