Int’l Webinar on Role of Women in Economic Development Held
President of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives (ICC) in an international webinar pointed to the role of women in the economic development and said women’s presence in the economy and the market has different consequences like increase in the earnings of the household, boost of productivity and ultimately improvement of the level of welfare among the all walks of the society.
IRCS ready to vaccinate 3 million refugees, rare disease patients
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced readiness to vaccinate some three million refugees and people with special diseases against coronavirus if the required doses of the vaccine are provided.
Candidates face each other in first televised debate
The first televised debates among seven presidential candidates were held on Saturday afternoon.
First Debate, Only Preemptive Attacks
On Saturday and in the first live TV debate, the candidates in Iran’s 2021 presidential election appeared to face off, clashing over policy — and credentials — and offering roughly two divergent visions on how the country should be run.
Some €450m allocated to tackle SDSs in 3 years
A total budget of €450 million has been earmarked to contain sand and dust storms (SDSs) nationwide over the past three years, deputy head of the Department of Environment (DOE) for the human environment has stated.
‘Principlist candidates may not quit in favor of Raeisi’
The spokesman for the Combatant Cleric Society says principlist presidential candidates may not withdraw candidacy in favor of the candidate backed by the Unity Council of the Principlists, saying it is dependent on the “personal views” of other principlist candidates to stay or leave the race
Genocidal tragedy in the self-proclaimed bastion of human rights
The heart-wrenching discovery of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation children’s remains has sparked a heated debate over the gross violation of human rights in the recent history of Canada and how to heal the wounds of history that continue to fester even as Canada brags about its track record in respecting human dignity.
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.
Zakani: Americans will beg Iran if I am elected president
Speaking in an online show on presidential elections on Friday morning, Alireza Zakani elaborated on his plans, particularly those regarding the nuclear negotiations already underway in Vienna, Austria.
Supreme Leader Urges Iranians to Participate in Election
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has backed up the Constitutional Council against recent criticism of its disqualification of some presidential hopefuls.