Rahimi said in a press conference on Saturday that all in all more than 3560 kg opium, about 294 kg heroin, 80 kg morphine, and about 228 kg hashish were confiscated.He added that some vehicles and a huge amount of guns and ammo were found too, including machine guns, rocker …
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Twin tremors jolt southwestern Iran
According to the seismological center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 12:12 hours local time (7:42 GMT Friday) in the depth of 7 kilometers.The quake took place eleven kilometers to Mollasani which is capital of Bavi County in Khuzestan Province.An aftershock measuring 2.3 on the …
Read More »Iran's envoy to UNESCO pays tribute to late Iranian math genius
In his message, Jalali said Mirzakhani was 'a young goddess of mathematics'.He also extended condolences to Mirzakhani’s family and to the people of Iran.On July 18, the UNESCO joined the world scientific community to pay tribute to the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who died at the age of 40.Mirzakhani was …
Read More »AIDS-related deaths halved since 2005: UNAIDS
According to the report, more than half of all people living with HIV (53%) now have access to HIV treatment and AIDS-related deaths have almost halved since 2005. In 2016, 19.5 million of the 36.7 million people living with HIV had access to treatment, and AIDS-related deaths have fallen from …
Read More »Sharif Uni. professor receives Int’l award
Dr. Ali Naghi Mashayekhi, the founder of SUT Management and Economy Department, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the System Dynamics Society for his long-time and effective activities to establish institutes and make educational plans as well as research in the realm of system dynamics for more than three decades …
Read More »Razavi Khorasan, Tatarstan sign MoU
The MoU was signed during the Joint Economic meeting.The MoU envisions cooperation in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, tourism, food products, academic and scientific domains and holding petrochemical exhibition.During the meeting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov pointed to joint meetings and consultations as 'valuable' opportunities for private sector activists to …
Read More »Iran, Afghanistan ink 6 health MoUs
During the meeting, Qazizadeh Hashemi and Feroz expressed hope that Afghanistan will become self-sufficient in health sciences again.Tourism, health, medical sciences training, cooperation in blood and blood products' sector and pharmaceutical were among topics of MoUs.The Islamic Republic of Iran is the best country for Afghanistan as regards cooperation in …
Read More »Iran, China launch joint nano-technology program
The China (Guangzhou)-Iran Nanotechnology Training and Experiment Program was attended by the resident foreign diplomats in the Chinese city, the chief executive officers of technology institutes in Guangzhou, along with company representatives.Present at the event were also Secretary-General of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Saeed Sarkar and Iranian Consul General …
Read More »MAKS-2017 air show kicks off in Russia with Iran participation
At the air show, which is one of the biggest and most prestigious world exhibitions, 760 companies and corporations from Russia and around 40 other states have displayed their capabilities in the field of aerospace industry.President Vladimir Putin by a message inaugurated the air show.The exhibition will be open for …
Read More »UNESCO pays tribute to late Iranian math genius
Mirzakhani was the first woman to have received the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics. She was awarded the medal in 2014, an honor that is widely acknowledged as the Noble Prize of mathematics.Mirzakhani’s pioneering work was reshaping the field of mathematics, in particular the study of geometry. She was also …
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