UNDP honors Iranian recipient of Equator Prize 2024

TEHRAN –In a ceremony held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday, Miras Parishan Kazeroon (MPK), an Iranian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), was honored as one of the winners of the prestigious Equator Prize 2024.

UNDP places Iranian NGO among Equator Prize winners

TEHRAN - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced Miras Parishan Kazeroon (MPK), a Non-Governmental Organization from Iran, as one of the winners of the prestigious Equator Prize 2024.

By Faranak Bakhtiari

UN art exhibition sheds lights on global environmental crises faced by our planet

Awareness Raising for the Environment through Art

TEHRAN – Starting last Friday, August 9th, the historic Ech Art Gallery in its beautifully renovated 100-year-old building is hosting a visual journey that combines art with environmental awareness. The group exhibition highlights global environmental crises—climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste—together representing the triple planetary crisis.

Iran ranks among nations with High Development Index

TEHRAN –According to the 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR) by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Iran has been placed among the countries with a High Development Index (HDI).

Iran 76th among 191 countries on Human Development Index

TEHRAN - The Human Development Index (HDI) report of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released on September 8 has placed Iran 76th among 191 countries as a nation with a high human development index.