International Mathematical Union (IMU) named 3 May, the birthday of “Maryam Mirzakhani”, the International Women’s Day in Maths, on the proposal of the Women’s Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society. The proposal was approved by the Women’s General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union on 31 July. For her work in “the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and...Read More
TEHRAN – While only 300 organ donor cards have been issued per day on average in the country over the past years, the number has now increased to 14,000, deputy director for the Iranian Society of Organ Donation has said. Currently, some 5 million Iranians have organ donor cards, IRNA quoted Omid Qobadi as saying...Read More
TEHRAN – Iran’s Marjan Salahshouri won a silver medal in women’s individual Poomsae event in the 2018 Asian Games. She lost to Defia Rosmaniar from Indonesia at the Plenary Hall of the Jakarta Convention Centre. Rosmaniar scored 8.690 to pip Salahshouri who scored 8.470. Earlier in the day, Kourosh Bakhtiar claimed Iran’s first medal in...Read More
Iran’s women’s Kabaddi team beat the Korean rival in its first match of Asian Game 2018, Indonesia. The Iranian women won 23-9 against South Korea in the first half on Sunday morning. They also won the second half of the game 46-20. The Iranian team will play versus their Bangladeshi rivals on Monday at 9...Read More
TEHRAN – Iranian shooter Elaheh Ahmadi carried her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday. The Ceremony was held at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) main stadium in Senayan, Jakarta. Iran delegation participate in the prestigious event with 378 athletes. About 18,000 athletes and officials from 45 Asian countries...Read More
Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra minutes to do so, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Tech and Georgia Southern University. The study, which is the first of its kind to analyze school breakfast programs, evaluated how students change their breakfast consumption when...Read More
Testing for gene mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer is rare among some Medicare patients who have the cancers and qualify for such tests, a new study found. Researchers analyzed data from 12 southeastern states between 2000 and 2014. Only eight percent of 92 women who met Medicare criteria for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene...Read More
When you hear this question the first thing that comes to your mind is probably the following: “Do husbands have rights too?” and “What are husband’s rights in Islam?” In today’s modern societies whenever the issue of rights is discussed, particular groups are considered; mainly women and children. However, it seems that men’s or husband’s rights...Read More
The first Iranian woman tourist travelling on a motorcycle has entered Iran on the last leg of her globe-trotting adventure, which started two years ago. Maral Yazerloo is the first Iranian tourist who obtained a permit to enter Iran on a motorbike to end her journey around the world which kicked off two years ago....Read More
Iranian female football referees Mahsa Qorbani and Bahareh Seyfi will judge the Japan and Thailand soccer match on Aug 16 in Jakarta. According to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Japanese women’s national team will meet Thailand’s in Aug 16 in Jakarta, Indonesia which will be refereed by Mahsa Qorbani as the fourth official and Bahareh...Read More
