Sunday, May 19, 2024

Iranian Government Provides Inadequate Care to Ageing Population

By Roshanak Astaraki   Iran’s population is aging because people are living longer, and young married couples have fewer children, according to Saeed Namaki, the Minister of Health and Medical Education. “Women are living longer than men...

Wheat Flour Used in Iranian Bakeries Contains Dirt and Sand, Head of Food Agency...

By Roshanak Astaraki Some 700,000 tons of wheat flour used by bakeries in the country every year, with an estimated retail value of $237 million, consists mostly of dirt, sand, gravel and bran (husk), according...