TEHRAN – Tehran will play host to biennium HelpAge Regional Conference on Population Ageing on October 23-25, Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey, head of Iran’s Welfare Organization said on Tuesday. He made the remarks on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June...Read More
The unique composition of a mother’s breastmilk may help to reduce food sensitization in her infant, reported researchers at the University Of California San Diego School Of Medicine with colleagues in Canada. The findings, published in Allergy, further highlighted the health role of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), which are not found in infant formula, and...Read More
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s girl volleyball players advanced to the quarter-final after defeating Macau at the 19th Asian Women’s U19 Championships held in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The Iranian team defeated Macau 3-0, scoring 25-11, 25-18, and 25-12 in three straight sets. The Iranian volleyball players have to play with the third team of pool B at...Read More
TEHRAN – It’s pretty common knowledge that people, on average, are getting married later in life than they used to, for reasons ranging from shifting social norms to the changing economic environment. As per a report released by Statistical Center of Iran the average age of marriage in Iran, both for men and women, had...Read More
TEHRAN – Immigration is changing its identity to a womanly phenomenon, so that, currently half of the immigrants are women, researchers believe. Women’s effective role in migrations and decision-making for immigration is a reality all through the history. Although women are not decision-makers apparently, they are the leaders of immigrations behind the curtain. Imagining women...Read More
TEHRAN – Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province has set a goal to increase the value of handicraft exports per annum to $7 million within the next three years from currently around $3 million. Alireza Izadi, the provincial tourism chief, expressed hope that the province could fetch $7 million in annual handicrafts exports in a three-year period...Read More
TEHRAN – Women make up 2,393 out of a total number of 36,165 village administrators in Iran, deputy director of the municipalities and village administration organization said on Friday. The number of female village administrators was 2,167 in the Iranian calendar year 1393 (March 2014- March 2015), IRNA quoted Saeed Reza Jandaqian as saying. The...Read More
TEHRAN – The first school for autistic girls will be opened by the beginning of the [Iranian calendar] month of Mehr (in the new school year, starting on September 23) in Tehran, deputy director for educational planning department of the Special Education Organization has said. The lack of a specific school for girl students suffering autism...Read More
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s girl volleyball players gained victory against Hong Kong in their first match at 19th Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championships held in Bac Ninh, Vietnam. The competitions kicked off today and will end June 17 by introducing the champion. Iran lost the first set (19-25) however, revived quickly and took...Read More
Seyedeh Fatemeh Moghimi was born in 1958 in Tehran into a family of educators. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, she graduated in civil engineering in England and then went on to complete a PhD in development management. Moghimi is now the CEO of Sadid Bar International Transport. Although she now has over 30 years of...Read More
