TEHRAN(Basirat): Caretaker of the Iranian Agriculture Ministry Abbas Keshavarz stressed that his country is steps away from full self-sufficiency in production of agricultural food.

TEHRAN(Basirat): FAO provides Iran with the requisite knowledge, skills and equipment to combat desert locust outbreak.

TEHRAN(Basirat): More than 15,600 foreign students of Iranian universities have been allowed to return to their own countries without any difficulty following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, an official said.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Iran’s Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian said the country is fully prepared for possible floods in the springtime.

TEHRAN(Basirat): Following the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that has infected more than 9,000 people in Iran so far, the country’s knowledge-based companies have started producing the necessary equipment for containing the disease.