TEHRAN –Following the devastating floods that struck Sistan-Baluchestan province, specifically in Chabahar and its vicinity, at the end of February 2024, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been providing critical assistance, including access to safe water, to the affected communities.

TEHRAN –The Ministry of Education has signed a memorandum of understanding with benefactors to equip more than 2,000 schools with solar power panels.

TEHRAN –Average rainfall is forecasted to be normal and, in some areas, less than normal for December 21-February 2, according to Metrological Organization.

TEHRAN –The 26th international exhibition of medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and laboratory equipment (Iran Health Expo 2025) is scheduled to be held in Tehran from April 19 to 22.

TEHRAN – Having made great strides in manufacturing high-tech products and growing the knowledge-based economy, Iranian women are conveying to the world the message that they have the potential to shine in the field of ‘technology’, the same as other fields.

TEHRAN – An official with the Iranian science ministry has said the country's universities hold the capacity to accept more Iraqi students.

TEHRAN –The World Food Program (WFP) has released a report, expounding on activities in Iran over the month of November.

Harvesting daffodils in Khafr County, southern Fars Province, is underway until mid-January.

TEHRAN –The administration has focused on increasing women's share of entrepreneurship in the science and technology sector from currently 12 percent to 30 percent, Zahra Behrouz-Azar, the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, has said.

TEHRAN –According to Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), no single organization will be able to successfully preserve the environment on its own; environmental issues will be best addressed through public participation.

TEHRAN – On the occasion of National Mother’s Day, which fell on December 22 this year, a total of 1,000 female prisoners of unintentional crimes were released across the country.

TEHRAN –Barekat Charity Foundation is planning to inaugurate a heart mobile clinic in deprived areas to conduct cardiovascular screenings.

TEHRAN – Female scholars constitute 665 out of 4,818 most-cited researchers of the country, more than 13 percent of the total, Ahmad Fazelzadeh, the head of the Islamic World Science Citation (ISC) Institute, has said.

TEHRAN –Sharif University of Technology students have claimed the first top three positions in a programming contest known as the 25th International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) for the West Asia region.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held in Tehran on Saturday, the winners of international scientific Olympiads were honored in the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) rescued 630 individuals over the past three days.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held on Thursday, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, unveiled an atlas of the country’s biosphere reserves as well as the endemic fish poster.

TEHRAN –Due to low precipitation and insufficient water right allocation, some 43 percent of the wetlands of the country are subject to dryness, the head of the Department of Environment has said.

TEHRAN – The Iranian robotics team ranked first, securing a gold and a silver medal in the third Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries Worker Skills Contest, held in Qingdao, China’s Shandong, from December 15 to 18.

TEHRAN –The tenth international congress on nanoscience and nanotechnology is scheduled to be held from January 29 to 30 in Rafsanjan, a city in the southern Kerman province.

TEHRAN –During a ceremony held on Thursday, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), Shina Ansari, unveiled an atlas of the country’s biosphere reserves as well as the endemic fish poster.

A woman is buying dried nuts for Yalda Night which is traditionally celebrated on the last day of the final month of autumn in the Iranian calendar that falls on December 20 this year.

TEHRAN –The 22nd international environmental exhibition started on Wednesday in Tehran with the theme of ‘public involvement, green economy, sustainable future’.

TEHRAN –The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has started a project to modernize and update the Instructor Training Center (ITC) and the Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO) of the country.

TEHRAN – Considering the fact that the fertility rate in Iran is stabilized at around 1.6 children per woman, which is much lower than the rate required to replace its aging population, the transition of society from young to middle-aged has become inevitable.

TEHRAN –The fourth Persian Medicine Festival is planned to be held in February with the theme of ‘integration of Persian medicine into the healthcare system’.

TEHRAN –Under the nationality law amended in 2019, a total of 29,045 Iranian identity cards have been issued for children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers.

TEHRAN — At the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) of ESCAP and the Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies (ACCCP) of ESCWA took over the co-chairship of the UN Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms.

TEHRAN –Ali Jafarian, a senior advisor to the health minister, has stated that the relations between Iran and Cuba in the health sector are strategic.

TEHRAN –According to the Metrological Organization, the weather is forecast to get 1 ° C warmer than normal, and the precipitations are expected to decrease till the end of next week (December 27).

TEHRAN –A group of senior police officers of the Iranian Anti-Narcotics Police have attended a training workshop on ‘Investigation of Crimes related to Drug Trafficking’.

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TEHRAN –The Kazakh ambassador to Tehran, Ontalap Onalbayev, has expressed his country’s interest in expanding cooperation with Iran in the fields of medicine, medical education, and treatment.

TEHRAN –The Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology is planning to strengthen the three secretariats affiliated with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific, and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), whose headquarters are in the country.

TEHRAN –The 22nd international environmental exhibition will kick off on Wednesday, December 18, in Tehran and will conclude on Sunday.