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The elderly, war-disabled getting COVID-19 vaccine

Friday, 26 February 2021 14:44 Tehran times

TEHRAN – The vaccination against COVID-19 of the elderly and the disabled war veterans being kept in nursing homes across Iran began on Thursday, ISNA reported....

Poaching drops thanks to coronavirus lockdown: DOE official

Friday, 26 February 2021 14:40 Tehran times

TEHRAN – The number of animals killed by poachers has decreased by 15 percent over the past 11 months compared to the same period last year, helped by the nationwide coro...

Some $3.4m of smuggled goods seized in week

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 14:38 Tehran times

TEHRAN – Goods worth 146 billion rials (nearly $3. million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been seized from smugglers in the country over the past week, police...

Japan, WFP support refugees in Iran

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 14:36 Tehran times

TEHRAN – The Government of Japan has contributed $875,000 to support refugees in Iran through the United Nations World Food Program (WFP)....

Over 6,700 nomadic schools operating across Iran

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 14:36 Tehran times

TEHRAN – Some 6,700 mobile, semi-mobile and fixed nomadic schools are providing education in 27 provinces of the country, the director of the office for the development o...

Botulism kills 10,000 birds in Miankaleh peninsula, Gorgan Bay

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 14:35 Tehran times

TEHRAN – Some 10,000 bodies of lifeless migratory birds died as a result of botulism poisoning have been found so far around the Miankaleh peninsula and Gorgan Bay, locat...

Fake News Poses a Threat to National Product

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 13:18 Tehran times

Naderi cookies (Koloocheh) were reported to be carcinogenic in the foreign (international) Persian-language media, according to a German publication. After the necessary ...

Iran closes Iraq border points to contain UK mutant coronavirus

Monday, 22 February 2021 15:20 Tehran times

TEHRAN – Iran has closed five crossing points with Iraq to prevent the spread of the UK variant of coronavirus, ISNA reported....

Iran proposes creating intl. fund for climate change

Monday, 22 February 2021 15:19 Tehran times

TEHRAN – Iran has proposed setting up an international fund to tackle climate change and taxing all countries in proportion to their share of environmental pollution, IRN...