TEHRAN – A total budget of 30 trillion rials (nearly $714 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to create 60,000 jobs for the underprivileged individuals covered by the Welfare Organization, IRNA reported on Saturday. “Our commitment last year (March 2020-March 2021) was to facilitate the employment of 56,716 people, while […]
TEHRAN – The deputy director of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department of Kerman Province has said that 1,082 artisans working in the field of handicraft were introduced last Iranian year (ended March 19) to benefit from rural and nomadic insurance. In an interview with IRNA on Saturday, Kazem Hosseinzadeh added that 604 crafters were […]
TEHRAN – While the world is affected by the coronavirus, people with a bleeding disorder are no exception and are highly bearing the impact. World Hemophilia Day is an international awareness day for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. It is held annually on April 17, the date of the birthday of Frank Schnabel, founder of […]
TEHRAN – Fifty-five cities, five villages, and three metropolitan areas will be selected as pilots to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, Ebrahim Kazemi, head of the secretariat of the accessible-cities coordination headquarters has announced. According to the national document on improving accessibility in cities for persons with disabilities, fifty-five cities, five villages, and three […]
TEHRAN – Some 65 percent of the elderly being kept in nursing homes have received coronavirus vaccine, Mostafa Seraj, an official with Welfare Organization has said. Influenza vaccination has been done in all day-care centers under the Welfare Organization’s control, and since early March, COVID-19 vaccines are being injected into these target groups, he added. […]
TEHRAN-American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author John Bradshaw’s popular book “Healing the Shame that Binds You” has recently been published by Nasl-e Noandish Publications in Tehran. The book has been rendered into Persian by Ali-Akbar Qariniat. In “Healing the Shame that Binds You”, in an emotionally revealing way, Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame […]
Billboard — General Yousef Ghorbani, commander of the Army Airborne Division, said on Saturday that Iran will never imagine that it has reached a zenith, noting the Islamic Republic is setting aims for greater steps. “Our effort today is to take greater steps for the development and promotion of the airborne division in 1399,” Ghorbani […]
TEHRAN – A total of 36 movable, immovable, intangible, and natural sites in the northwestern Ardebil province have been registered on the national heritage list. “Of these, seven immovable monuments include Jajin Tower of Ardebil, Odolo Tomb of Bilesavar city, Zangi Castle of Namin City, Mansourieh Bath of Ardebil, Ardebil Barracks, Arbabi House (Morad Nejad), […]
TEHRAN – An American professor is of the view that Biden’s administration is keen to revitalize the 2015 nuclear deal but there is no guarantee the next U.S. administration will honor the pact. “I think that the Biden administration wants the JCPOA – after all, it was Obama and Biden that helped to create it […]
TEHRAN— The Ministry of Intelligence on Saturday revealed the identity of the saboteur at the Natanz nuclear plant along with his photo. Reza Karimi, the agent who committed the sabotage at the nuclear site, has fled Iran, the ministry said. The ministry said it is taking legal actions to arrest him. A power outage at […]
TEHRAN – In the past Iranian year (ended March 19), 1,767 jobs were created by investing in tourism-related projects in the northwestern West Azarbaijan province. “The largest number of jobs is related to the issuance of licenses for handicraft producers, which has led to the employment of 549 persons,” Jalil Jabbari, director-general of Cultural Heritage, […]
TEHRAN – Former Iran freestyle wrestler Fereydoon Ghanbari passed away on Saturday. He was 44. Ghanbari was hospitalized with pancreatitis at a hospital in Kermanshah, west of Iran but died after the surgery. He won a gold medal at the 1997 Junior World Championships in Helsinki at the 83kg weight category. Ghanbari also won a […]
