Workshop on Prevention of Violence Held
With the Cooperation of the ODVV, workshop on Prevention of Violence Held on Monday 12 March.
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Women’s parliament makes debut in Iran
The first assembly of female experts in Iran, dubbed “women’s parliament”, opened in the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, on Sunday.
Protests erupt in Gaza as electricity crisis deepens
In many areas, Palestinians received only three hours of electricity at a time, punctuated by 12-hour blackouts.
Iran climbs in World Bank’s LPI global ranking
Iran’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) has jumped 18 places in 2016 to 96th compared to 114th in 2014, according to the World Bank’s “International LPI Global Ranking 2016” report.
Despite some improvements, food security remains dire in Syria – UN agencies
In spite of improvements in wheat production in war-torn Syria – about 12 per cent more than last year's record low – the overall food security situation remains far worse than before the conflict,...
$6m allocated to improve life for people with disabilities
The Welfare Organization of Iran has allocated 230 billion rials (about $6 million) to improve facilities for people with disabilities in the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March...