We aimed to determine the distribution of ophthalmic care providers and its correlation with health and socioeconomic status and health system indicators. Data were gathered from the Iran Medical Council and the Iranian Societies of Ophthalmology and Optometry. Concurrent indicators were collected from the Statistical Center of Iran and national studies. A population-adjusted number of combined...

ll costs for treatment of road crash patients are free in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this model, Islamic Republic of Iran offers a synergistic approach that is efficient from both the cost and health outcome sides. In this system, all costs of treatment for victims of road crashes are free regardless of who was at fault in causing the crash. It is more than 10 years that insurance compani...

With the overthrow of the Shah and the rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, Iran changed from a monarchy to an Islamic regime based on an Islamic Constitution and Islamic laws. As a result, a western stereotype of Iranian women as veiled and helpless creatures got created. This stereotypical view has dominated public opinion since 1979 in both Western societies in general, and among wes...

contrary to president obama’s stated position in november 2009, it is presumed here that the islamic republic intentionally procrastinates normalization of its foreign policy towards the u.s. this intentional delay is due to mutual mistrust existing between the two states. nonetheless, the islamic republic is determined to avoid further confrontation with the u.s. in this respect, the islamic r...

1M.Sc., Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Neuroscience Research Center, Baqiyatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, ...

Research Identifying thePeriodofaStep Change inHigh-YieldProcesses Rassoul Noorossana1,∗,†, Abbas Saghaei2, Kamran Paynabar3 and Sara Abdi4 1Industrial Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran 16844, Iran 2Industrial Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University—Science and Research Campus, Tehran, Iran 3Industrial and Operations Engineering Department, Univer...

This paper aims to examine the death penalty in Zoroastrianism, the Quran, and the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. By studying antient Zoroastrian texts, we face a variety of crimes and punishments such as murder, robbery, adultery, magic, rape, and assault that were always considered to be the worst offenses. Zoroastrian religious scholars wrote books on crimes and their punishment in th...

Rouhollah Heydari*, Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad Alimoradi and Sanaz Zarabi Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences PO Bo x 68149-89468, Khorrsamabad, Iran. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistr...