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Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale

In Iran selling one’s kidney for profit is legal. Iran currently has no wait lists for Kidney transplantation. Kidney sales are legal and regulated. The amounts paid to the donor vary in Iran but the average figures are $3000 for kidney donation.

so the question is, are those people who selling their kidneys (of course one [...]

June 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Health Economy, Law and Ethics | Leave a comment

Human beings are members of a whole

A poem by Sa’adi, an Iranian poet (1184 – 1283/1291?), is used to grace the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers:

بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند
چو [...]

March 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Blogroll | One comment

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Iranian Journal of Public Health has been continuously published since 1971, as the only Journal in all health domains with wide distribution (including WHO in Geneva and Cairo) in two languages (English and Persian). From 2001 issue, the Journal is published only in English language. During the last 35 years more than 1000 scientific research papers, [...]

April 5th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Blogroll, NEWS | Leave a comment

Persian Parade in New York

Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, starts in the first day of spring. The Persian Parade is an annual event in New York City each year in the last week of March. This year it was on March 30th. Iranians start the parade in Madison Ave from 41st street to 27th street. Please find below the slides [...]

April 4th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Blogroll, NEWS | One comment