INOTEX 2021 underway in Tehran
The 10th International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX 2021) is underway at Tehran Permanent International Fairground.
No COVID-19 vaccine export until domestic need is met
No homegrown COVID-19 vaccine will be exported until the domestic need is fully met, although several countries have asked for purchasing the COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine, Mohammad Mokhber, the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has said.
National campaign to ease water stress in 4 provinces
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will launch a campaign for the fourth time to solicit public donations to ease water stress in four drought-ridden provinces of the country.
Plan aims to reverse rural-to-urban migration
The Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will launch a plan to create suitable jobs in villages, aiming to reverse the rural-to-urban migration trend.
Over 1,200 prisoners of unintentional crimes freed in Ramadan
Iranian philanthropists helped release a total of 1,216 inmates of unintentional crimes across the country over the holy month of Ramadan (April 13-May 12), Asadollah Joolaei, head of Blood Money Organization has said.
25 injured as magnitude 5.5 quake hits northeast Iran
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern North Khorasan province on Monday, leaving at least 25 people injured.
Iran receives second shipment of COVAX vaccines
Iran has received the second batch of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility on Sunday.
Iran asks Russia for clarification on death of Caspian seals
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is negotiating with Russia to officially receive clarification on the death of 170 Caspian seals which found dead on the shores of the Republic of Dagestan in early May.
Benefactors donate $285m to deprived families
Philanthropists contributed some 12 trillion rials (around $285 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to support deprived families through a national campaign during the holy month of Ramadan (ended May 12 this year).
IRGC smashes large gang smuggling drugs to Europe
The Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has smashed a large gang that was smuggling narcotics to Europe, IRIB reported on Sunday.