TEHRAN – A total of 300 billion rials (nearly $11 million) has been approved for the Arbaeen pilgrimage by the municipality of Tehran, Mehdi Chamran, chairman of Tehran City Council, has announced.

Tehran municipality allocated 300 billion rials (nearly $11 million) to provide essential services, facilities, and equipment, as well as help to create

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from 1 to 7 August every year. Breastfeeding acts as babies’ first vaccine, protecting them against many common childhood illnesses.

While there has been some progress in breastfeeding rates in the last four decades – with a 50 percent increase in the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding globally – the COV

TEHRAN - Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will construct 30 more health centers across the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2023).

The number of Barekat health centers will reach 250 by the end of the year, IRIB quoted the Foundation’s managing director M

With the exception of Hungary, energy ministers from the 27 European Union member states have backed a 15 percent reduction in gas usage this week amid fears of supply cuts from Russia.

The reduction has been labeled as voluntary but is said to be compulsory if there is a complete supply cut of Russian gas in what is looking like a tough winter