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Here’s a story I bookmarked a few months ago and was saving for a rainy day.
On April 17, Pakistan’s Daily Times picked up an Agence France-Presse article about Iran’s experiments with condom and syringe vending machines targeted at drug users.
“Five machines will be installed at Tehran city’s welfare shelters for addicts,” the deputy head of […]
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New Iranian research suggests that saffron affects the way our brains produce serotonin and can significantly ease the symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome. Iran produces 81 per cent of the world’s saffron, and saffron prices range from $40 to $65 per ounce — at that price, Iran stands to make a mint by moving […]
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