Farmers are harvesting rice in a paddy field in the northern province of Gilan on September 3. 

Planting season begins in mid-spring when the weather gets warm in the region.

Photo: IRNA / Javad Mirhosseini 

TEHRAN- Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has described the Family Physician Program as the most important priority of the ministry for the next two years.

"This program is a basic measure which, in case of being properly formed, will solve many problems of the health system,” Einollahi said on Sunday, IRNA reported.

He continued: “It is necessary to

TEHRAN-The international summit to deal with sand and dust storms, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Tehran, will be a turning point in making serious decisions for implementing sub-regional programs in West Asia and Central Asia, Ali Salajeqeh chief of the Department of Environment, has said.

In a meeting with ambassadors and

TEHRAN - The battle to save Asiatic cheetahs and prevent their extinction, complicated by various natural and human-induced threats, is in full swing in habitats across Iran.

In 2007, Iranian wildlife experts decided to mark August 31 as 'National Cheetah Day' in a bid to encourage and promote the idea of preserving the last remaining population of