A mobile clinic, equipped with 92 beds, is offering services to people during the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

TEHRAN – Iranian students continued to showcase their excellence at international competitions by winning medals at the Yakutia International Science Fair (YISF) and the World Invention Creativity Olympics (WICO).

TEHRAN –Amirhossein Takian, the founder of the Center of Excellence for Global Health and Professor of Health Policy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, is serving as a member of the Steering Committee of the Lancet Regional Health Europe Commission on Health, Migration, and Climate Change, as well as one of the co-coordinators of the Commission’s second working group.

TEHRAN – Iran has made significant progress in the field of stem cells and cell therapy, advancing to the eighth place in the world from the 12th in the previous year.

TEHRAN – The sixth Mustafa Prize week is scheduled to be held from September 6 to 10 in Tehran.

TEHRAN – The Iranian team, consisting of four high-school students, grabbed two silver medals and two bronze medals at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held from August 2 to 9 in Beijing, China.

TEHRAN –The Department of Environment (DOE) is planning to review the Clean Air Law, enacted in July 2017, evaluating its effectiveness in meeting the desired goals.

TEHRAN –Since the beginning of the Arbaeen pilgrimage on July 26 till August 9, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Organization has offered 682,278 educational and healthcare services to the pilgrims.

TEHRAN – According to Nature index, the country's ranking in scientific production in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved from 33 to 30, placing the country among the top 50 leaders, Hossein Afshin, an official with the vice-presidency of science and technology, has said.

Approximately one thousand hectares of land in the northwestern city of Maragheh are cultivated with wheat, and local farmers are harvesting the crop.

TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has delivered two shipments of vaccines, including the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) and the Pentavalent vaccine, to immunize approximately 1.5 million children across the country against deadly diseases.

TEHRAN – Attending the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the Iranian delegation achieved notable accomplishments, reinforcing the country’s international position in the environmental sector, particularly in wetland conservation.

TEHRAN – Despite unilateral sanctions, Iran's startup ecosystem has successfully thrived since the 2010s, with the country being home to more than 6,000 startups across diverse sectors, ranging from financial services to agricultural technology.

TEHRAN – Twenty Asiatic cheetahs have so far been spotted in wildlife reserves across the country, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE) has said.

TEHRAN – Biotechnology, as one of the highly promising scientific fields, plays a key role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), as it holds a 60 percent share of the goals related to life sciences and their applications directly or indirectly.

TEHRAN – The health ministry has dispatched a team of Persian medicine experts to provide health services to pilgrims during the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

TEHRAN – Around 850,000 Iranians donated blood in the first four months of the current Iranian year, which started on March 21, according to an official with the Blood Transfusion Organization.

TEHRAN – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has explored the potential for promoting ties with Razi Vaccine and Serum Production Research Institute, focusing on the One Health Initiative.

TEHRAN – Farah Babaei, the head of the Midwifery Department of the health ministry, has been appointed by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) as the new Chair of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Professional Committee (RPC).

TEHRAN – Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment, says that promoting environmental diplomacy has been put atop the agenda over the past year, and activities in this regard are progressing with strength.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), in cooperation with the University of Münster, Germany, will hold the second international rehabilitation conference on Wednesday, an official with the IRCS has said.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has condemned the airstrike on the headquarters of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Khan Yunis, Gaza, by Israeli forces.

TEHRAN – A total of 163 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from July 26 to August 1, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE), in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is conducting an educational workshop to empower students studying environmental protection.

TEHRAN – Meteorological organizations of Iran and Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote cooperation on meteorology, atmospheric science, and hazards.

TEHRAN – The first International Nanotechnology Olympiad (INO 2025) for high-school students aged 16-19 will be held in Tehran.

TEHRAN – Following the tenth joint call, the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) and the Silk Road Joint Science Fund (SRSF), in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), will support the implementation of six research projects.

TEHRAN – Tarbiat Modarres University and Shanghai University have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding to broaden scientific interactions and international cooperation.

TEHRAN – Red crescent societies of Russia, Norway, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Qatar have supported the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s call for taking immediate actions to help address the catastrophic human crisis in Gaza.

Salt polygons in northeastern Khorasan Razavi province are geometric patterns formed on dried-up lakebeds or salt flats.

TEHRAN – Iranian scientist, Mahmoud Fotuhi-Firuzabad, has received the 2025 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award.

TEHRAN – Supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) seeks to foster environmentally sustainable communities by promoting waste recycling and composting practices, thereby strengthening resilience and environmental stewardship in refugee settlements.

TEHRAN – Following deadly flooding and landslides across Vietnam, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced its readiness to provide necessary humanitarian assistance.

TEHRAN – Iranian students won a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal at the 37th edition of the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) being held in Sucre, Bolivia.

TEHRAN – Book City in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has organized a workshop, titled ‘Children’s Rights and Business’, to increase staff knowledge of child rights, focusing on role of bookstores in promoting child rights.