Iranians are highly prone to a variety of accidents, including road mishaps, occupational hazards and natural disasters. Yet, preventive measures and preparedness for emergency situations appear…

A seven-year old girl from a village in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, who was poisoned due to the use of crop pesticide on her scalp by her mother to remove lice, died on Monday despite…

The first National Congress of Successful Iranian Women will be held on January 25 at Tehran’s Olympics Hotel.

A screening system that alerts people and medical practitioners of a patient’s diabetes status has been launched in all cities across the country, said Ali Akbar Sayyari, deputy health minister.…

Over the past three years, a total of 2.5 million units of blood plasma have been sent to Germany and Switzerland for production of plasma-derived medicines, said the director general of Iran…

In a meeting between chancellor of Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Science and Technology, Amir Golru, and chancellor of Hong Kong University Leung Chun-ying on Sunday, the two sides discussed…

Global climate change has already impacted every aspect of life on Earth from genes to entire ecosystems, according to a new study in Science.

A bill to protect animals from abuse has been submitted to the parliament after the government approved it, according to Iran's top environment official.

Speaking to reporters on Friday,…

Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy and the facilities that produce it give off less greenhouse gases than other power plants. But damming bodies of water can lead to the production and release…

The sprawling Iranian capital Tehran has been shrouded in the all-too familiar smog for the past three days, with one major difference compared to past years: It has happened earlier.

An investigation has uncovered evidence of high-level political connections to rhino poaching in Africa.

The investigation by Al Jazeera raises serious questions about the involvement of a…

Iran became the 106th country on Sunday to ratify the landmark Paris Agreement, which went into force worldwide on November 4, but the ratification of the deal does not mean the country can…

Iran Khodro was followed by its main rival, SAIPA—the second largest auto manufacturer in Iran—in terms of cars sold in the Iranian market.

Donya-e-Eqtesad, the sister newspaper of…

Iran Khodro is looking beyond traditional markets and is keen on marketing its low-cost vehicles in the Nigerian market.

Olusegun Awolowo, director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council,…

As long as the Iranian National Standards Organization certifies the quality of a car, its production should not stop.

Nayyereh Pirouzbakht, the head of INSO, noted that there are a set of…

China’s Great Wall Motor, the maker of the communist country’s top-selling sport utility vehicles, plans to launch a new high-end brand next week, the latest attempt by a Chinese automaker to…

The two largest Iranian auto manufacturers, Iran Khodro and SAIPA, owe 40 trillion rials ($1.1 billion) to parts manufacturers, according to officials at a recent press conference.

Pars Khodro, a subsidiary of SAIPA, plans to bring another Chinese-derived Brilliance model to Iran in January. The new car, which is part of the same family of the other Brilliance models,…

Turkey suspended from duty 168 officers and 123 non-commissioned officers from its navy over alleged links to a coup attempt in July, the defense ministry said on Sunday, as the government…

The offshore platform for gas extraction from Phase 20 of South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, installed on November 13, will be fully operational by the middle of next February in line with…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned US president-elect Donald Trump that “going it alone” is not an option for Europe or the United States. He said the West faced its greatest…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight (1102 GMT Sunday), the US Geological Survey said, generating a tsunami that hit the northeast coast of the…

President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday launched three oil development projects near the border with Iraq in a visit to the southern oil-rich Khuzestan Province.

The Office for National Statistics is expected to announce the UK consumer price index for October on Tuesday, NewsNow reported. The market will be watching the release of the inflation data,…

Egypt’s $12 billion three-year IMF loan program will be repaid in 10 years with a 4.5 year grace period and the reforms agreed with the international lender aim to boost growth and curb inflation…