The head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) said registering Yalda on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list is on the organization’s agenda. Ali Asghar Mounesan made the remarks in a ceremony to commemorate Yalda — the Persian solstice — which was attended by foreign representatives and ambassadors as well as ICHHTO managers,...Read More
Women who experience a ‘false positive’ result after a mammogram are twice as likely to end up developing cancer as those who get a negative result, research suggested. Every year, thousands of women are given the ‘all-clear’ after being told that apparent abnormalities are not malignant, telegraph.co.uk reported. But research on more than one million...Read More
Pregnant women and the extremely obese are among those at high risk for complications from the flu — including death — and should be tested and begin antiviral treatment promptly if they are sick enough to be hospitalized with flu symptoms, according to updated guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Outpatients...Read More
Iranian storyteller Najmeh Ahmadzadeh took first place in the international competition of the 21st International Storytelling Festival in Tehran, the organizers announced on Thursday. Winners in various categories were honored during the closing ceremony of the event at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA). The performances in this section were...Read More
In the most well known portrait of her, one of Iran’s most famous poets. She was born in March 1907 to a literary family. Her father, Yousef Etesami Ashtiani, was a writer and a translator and her grandfather on her mother’s side was a minor poet. She was named Rakhshandeh at birth, but later she adopted...Read More
Background Solidarity is identified in the Millennium Declaration as one of the fundamental values of international relations in the 21st Century, wherein those who either suffer or benefit least deserve help from those who benefit most. Consequently, in the context of globalization and the challenge of growing inequality, strengthening of international solidarity is indispensable. Therefore,...Read More
In a new study, researchers have found that increase in happiness is directly proportional with a reduction in mortality. The study, which focused on Singaporeans aged 60 years and older, found that even small increments in happiness may be beneficial, suggesting individual activities as well as government policies and programs that maintain or improve psychological...Read More
When young children experience violence or poverty, the effect can last well into adulthood. But new research from the Emory School of Medicine suggests that a strong parental relationship could override some of these effects, by changing how children perceive the environmental cues that help them distinguish between what’s safe or dangerous. To study the...Read More
China Travel Channel broadcast a program on Iran’s artistic and cultural beauties which are unique in the world. The 30-minute show, which was attended by Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in China Hassan Shah-Beig, aired photos related to Iran’s art, culture, monuments, memorials and tourist attractions IRNA reported. In the program, Shah-Beig introduced Persian carpet and other...Read More
In Iran, and even globally, vitamin D deficiency is a serious nutritional problem, director of the Health Ministry’s nutrition office, Zahra Abdollahi, said on Sunday. According to World Health Organization (WHO) vitamin D is active in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus which supports cellular processes, bone mineralization and neuromuscular function. Evidence has shown that...Read More
