TEHRAN – The head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, will participate in the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), which is scheduled to be held in Belém, Brazil, from November 6 to 21.

The saffron harvest season in Farouj County, North Khorasan Province, begins in late October and usually continues until late November.

TEHRAN –The annual meeting on the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria was held from October 29 to 31 in Sari, Mazandaran Province, both in person and online.

TEHRAN –  Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaqari, Secretary General of the Iranian Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ), and Dorina Andreev-Jitaro, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Iran, have underscored the need for developing educational programs to prevent addiction among children and teenagers.

TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) has participated in international conferences in Lebanon and Azerbaijan, expounding on activities to deal with sand and dust storms and climate change.

TEHRAN – Marco Fernandes, the Brazilian representative at BRICS Civil Council, has highlighted the need to benefit from the experiences and knowledge of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

TEHRAN – A total of 128 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from October 25 to 31, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

TEHRAN – The sixth Iran Smart City Exhibition and Conference will kick off tomorrow in Tehran and will wrap up on Friday.

TEHRAN – The 2025 Leiden University ranking system has included 48 Iranian universities among the top 1,594 universities worldwide, up from 46 in 2024, ranking the country first among Islamic nations in terms of the number of universities for the second consecutive year.

TEHRAN – The Pasteur Institute of Iran has organized a week-long international training course in Pakistan to enhance the pandemic preparedness capacity in addressing future health threats.

TEHRAN – The 16th Iran Nanotechnology Exhibition opened at Tehran Permanent International Fairground on Sunday and will run till November 5.

TEHRAN – Holding separate meetings with the Pakistani Minister of State for the Ministry of Federal Education, Wajiha Qamar, and the Nigerian Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Ahmad, Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf has explored avenues to develop scientific and technological ties between Iran and the two other countries.

TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pirhossein Kolivand, has elaborated on eight main principles used to manage Arbaeen and improve services during the pilgrimage.

TEHRAN – Over the past Iranian year (March 2024 –March 2025), a total of 1,735 nanotechnology products received nanoscale certificates from the Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council and were commercialized by 201 companies.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced its readiness to send humanitarian consignments to help individuals affected by floods in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

TEHRAN – Thanks to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education's (MoHME) leadership and support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN, Iran is advancing towards a future where every health facility is safe and resilient and no one is left behind.

TEHRAN – Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, in separate meetings with the presidents of Uzbekistan and Slovakia, has explored ways to promote scientific and technological collaborations.

TEHRAN – A total of 540,528 births were registered in the country in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year that started in March 2025, the Civil Registration Organization has announced.

TEHRAN – The Indonesian Ambassador to Iran, Roliansyah Sumirat, has emphasized the need to promote scientific, technological, and educational collaborations between Indonesia and Iran.

TEHRAN – Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf is participating in the 43rd Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) General Conference being held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from October 30 to November 13.

TEHRAN – A total of 11,169 births were registered in the country in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year that started in March 2025, the Civil Registration Organization has announced.

TEHRAN – The World Cities Day is being marked in Tehran with the theme of Smart Cities, Sustainable Innovation, Green Buildings, Bright Future.

TEHRAN - For decades, passwords have been the cornerstone of digital security. We’ve memorized them, forgotten them, reset them, and repeated the cycle endlessly. Yet in an age where cyber threats are growing faster than our ability to remember complex strings of characters, the humble password is nearing its end. Around the world, data scientists and technologists are racing to build the next generation of digital identity one that no longer depends on what we can remember, but on who we are and how we behave.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop humanitarian, relief, and educational cooperation.

TEHRAN – A total of 125 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from October 18 to 24, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

TEHRAN – Sharif University of Technology has launched the first joint science and technology park in Baghdad University, following a year and a half of ongoing cooperation between the two universities.

TEHRAN – Iranian and Afghan officials have explored avenues to expand collaboration in the areas related to environmental protection, especially border wetlands and rivers.

Many women breadwinners living on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Mashhad are growing strawberries to earn a living as they are grappling with economic hardship.  

TEHRAN – Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has announced the country’s readiness to attract foreign investment in its pharmaceutical industry.

TEHRAN – The National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Tehran will host the first international artificial intelligence (AI) symposium on education, research, diagnosis, treatment, and production in the health sector.

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has created 30,309 jobs in some 4,356 deprived areas in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21.

Generation Z, born around 1995 to 2010, is considered the first fully digital generation. They grew up with smartphones, social media, and constant access to the internet, and they have a different perspective on the world.

TEHRAN – Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has announced the country’s readiness to attract foreign investment in its pharmaceutical industry.

TEHRAN – With the financial support of the Government of Japan, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a cooperation document, aiming to help revive the drying Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.

TEHRAN -The head of the Department of Environment (DOE) has said that peace and environment are the two fundamental pillars of mankind's survival, as without peace, no conservation plan will be sustainable, and without a healthy environment, no peace can be lasting.