Iranian woman referee Maryam Khosraviani is to judge in rowing competitions in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta Khosraviani became an international referee in 2012. She had already been a referee of youths’ competitions in 2014 in Taiwan. The 2018 Asian Games are to be held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the...Read More
TEHRAN – Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya has been selected for a jury of the 75th Venice International Film Festival running from August 29 to September 8, the organizers have announced. Motamed-Arya will judge the films competing in the Horizons section together with American director Michael Almereyda, French critic Frédéric Bonnaud, Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy, Canadian...Read More
Iranian female Taekwondokas added one gold and two silver to their medal tally at 2018 Jeju Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships. At under-73 kg bodyweight category, Iran’s Melika Mirhosseini overpowered rivals from South Korea, Tajikistan and Chinese Taipei and snatch the gold medal for her country. Aslo, Akram Khdabandeh and Zahra Pouresmaiel snatched two bronze...Read More
TEHRAN — An international congress will be held on July 29 on the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in competency development of women, Mehr reported. The event will be held on the sidelines of the 24th Iran International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer & E-commerce (ELECOMP 2018), which will be held from July 28...Read More
Japan awarded the Iranian translator and interpreter Shohreh Golparian for her contribution to promoting cultural exchanges between Japan and Iran through art. According to a press release from the Japanese embassy, the government of Japan announced the recipients of the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2018. Among the 205 individuals and 49 groups, Ms Shohreh...Read More
TEHRAN — Two per 100 people suffer congestive heart failure in Iran, Iranian electrophysiologist Masoud Eslami has said, IRIB reported on Sunday. Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease)...Read More
Iranian traditional medicine (also known as Persian medicine) helps address difficulty sleeping. Can’t sleep? Iranian traditional medicine (also known as Persian medicine) helps address difficulty sleeping. Drinking dragonhead herbal tea, also known as badranjboye in Persian, can help respond to sleep problems. The dragonhead is from mint family and has calming effects. In order to make the...Read More
Iran took part in the cultural festival Silk Road in Algeria in which a number of countries including China, Indonesia and Greece also participated. Zafira Yacef Saadi, who heads Zafira — an artistic and cultural institute which hosted the festival — told IRNA that the festival’s goal is to promote fraternity, peace and friendship among...Read More
Chemicals used to preserve, package and enhance food can harm children’s health, a leading pediatricians’ group said. A growing mound of scientific evidence has linked these chemicals to changes in children’s hormone systems, which can alter their normal development and increase their risk of childhood obesity, the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement...Read More
TEHRAN —Iranian students received two gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the 29th International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2018), Mehr news agency reported on Sunday. Tehran played host to IBO 2018 from July 15 to 22, with some 270 students from 71 countries including Iran. Students from Taiwan, China and Vietnam managed to come...Read More
