TEHRAN – More than 5,500 jobs have been created so far by the medicinal plants sector in the current Iranian calendar year that ends on March 20.

Since the beginning of the year, a total of 1,835 projects have been launched in the field of medicinal plants, which have created over 5,500 direct and indirect job opportunities, IRNA reported.

The

TEHRAN – By the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), the houses of environment will be increased by 63 percent.

Until now, 855 houses of environment have been established in the country with the participation of all institutions, public and private sectors, Abolqasem Mousavi, an official with the Department of Environment, has said.

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TEHRAN – A bill on threats of land subsidence and the approach to deal with it is being finalized at the supreme council of provinces.

The bill is being finalized and will be voted on in the current month to be sent to the Majlis (the Iranian parliament), ISNA reported.

By implementing a subsidence rate monitoring plan, researchers at the National

TEHRAN – Mary Ellen Waithe’s book “A History of Women Philosophers” has recently been published in Persian.

Kargadan is the publisher of the book translated by a team of Iranian experts led by Maryam Nasr Esfahani.

Like their predecessors, and like their male counterparts, most women philosophers of the 20th century have significant expertise in