TEHRAN - Climate change, land subsidence, deforestation, and water scarcity are among the major environmental challenges in the country.

TEHRAN – More than 200 health tourists from Tajikistan come to Iran for treatment each month, said Mohammad Hossein Niknam, the deputy health minister for international cooperation.

TEHRAN – Five Iranian students who participated in the 53rd International Physics Olympiad succeeded in winning four silver medals and one bronze medal.

TEHRAN – The Iranian anti-narcotics police appreciate the Government of Japan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for their support in dealing with narcotics.

TEHRAN – As the greatest job throughout history is the breeding of human beings, therefore, the position of mothers in the family is so important that it can be considered the basis for the formation of a better society.

The holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in the city of Mashhad is covered in black on the occasion of the month of Muharram.

TEHRAN – Many wildlife species in Iran are unknown to ordinary people. It becomes clear when a video of a spider-tailed horned viper goes viral on social media, and many people wonder whether this strange animal really lives in Iran.

TEHRAN – The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology is implementing a plan to develop rotavirus, uterus cancer, and pneumonia vaccines domestically.

TEHRAN - The plan to protect wetlands has reduced water consumption by up to 27 percent, helping sustainable agriculture around Lake Urmia.

The 11th edition of the national drill for students on rescue and relief operations was held on Tuesday.

TEHRAN - The Government of France recently announced a financial contribution of €1 million to support UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its critical program for Afghans in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

TEHRAN - Jamoliddin Abdullo Abdullozoda, the Minister of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan, has said importing medicine and medical equipment from Iran is a necessity.

TEHRAN- An online platform dubbed “Connect” has been launched aiming to facilitate the cooperation of overseas Iranian experts and researchers with domestic universities.

TEHRAN – Iran is planning to send special envoys as health attachés to certain countries in Africa and Latin America.

TEHRAN - Sharif University of Technology and the International Organization for Migration have reached an agreement to provide entrepreneurship courses to foreigners living in the country within the framework of the Sharif Talent Assessment and Redevelopment (STAR) program.

TEHRAN – The importance of a woman in the family and her fundamental role in raising the children, and creating a calm atmosphere for the family members is obvious and crystal clear for anyone.

A greenhouse in the northeastern North Khorasan province is growing papaya on a plot of land measuring some 7,000 square meters.

TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies have concluded contracts for exporting medical equipment and medicine to Africa.

TEHRAN – North-central Semnan province is home to two extraordinary arrays of wildlife and natural landscapes, from Touran to Kavir National Parks, areas with the largest population of endangered Asiatic cheetah. Here, we take a glimpse at these wild, wonderful places.

TEHRAN – Iranian students took six medals, ranking 11th at the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad which was held in Japan on July 2-13.

TEHRAN - In terms of biological and genetic diversity, Iran is among the top twenty countries in the world, so more than 8,000 plant species and a significant number of exclusive species in Iran have placed important parts of the country in the world's biodiversity hotspots.

TEHRAN – Iranian students grabbed two gold and two silver medals at the 34th edition of the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in the United Arab Emirates from July 3-11.

TEHRAN – Iranian women have played an important role in gaining international recognition for Iranian art and in particular Iranian cinema.

Some ten thousand flamingos have migrated to one of the wetlands in the vicinity of Lake Urmia, northwest of Iran.

TEHRAN – The second cultural-educational course for foreign students studying in Iranian universities will start on Friday.

TEHRAN - World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on July 11, 1987.

TEHRAN – The 25th conference on honoring school-building benefactors was held at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran on Monday.

Mugger crocodiles, known locally by the name Gando, are bred at a farm in a village in the port city of Chabahar, southeastern Iran.

TEHRAN – Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology, Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi, and Deputy Secretary of China's Communist Party in autonomous Xinjiang Province, Li Yifei, held a meeting in Tehran on Sunday on expanding relations in the field of technology.

TEHRAN – Leiden ranking system published the 2023 report, according to which 46 Iranian universities were among the 1,411 top universities in the world.

TEHRAN – More than 100 research and technology projects on the development of traditional medicine have been implemented in the country.

TEHRAN – The Estahban Rainfed Fig Orchards Heritage System, located in Iran’s southern Fars province, has been formally recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

TEHRAN – Health ministers of Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding in Tehran, promoting health diplomacy by boosting relations in the field of medical education and treatment.

TEHRAN – In recent decades, especially after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian women writers and poets have played a significant role in literature so that the Islamic Revolution can be considered the beginning of the literary awakening of women.

Lotus tulips with large, thick, and pink petals are eye-catching plants that annually attract many tourists to Anzali Wetland, northern Gilan province.