Air pollution kills more than AIDS and malaria
The number of people who die annually from air pollution in the world is 6 times the number of people who die…
The number of people who die annually from air pollution in the world is 6 times the number of people who die…
Financial Tribune – The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the…
Financial Tribune – Air pollution annually costs Tehran residents $2.6 billion, an official with the Department of Environment says. According to Behzad…
Financial Tribune – The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution…
Tehran Times – Traffic congestion in the traffic zones of Tehran has declined by 52 percent over the Iranian calendar month of…
MNA – The Supreme Council for Environment Protection convened Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of President Hassan Rouhani. According to the official…
Tehran Times – Some 4,000 to 5,000 of people residing in the country’s capital lose their lives per year due to air…
Financial Tribune – A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the…
Tasnim | Naser Jafari: Severe air pollution gripping the Iranian capital in recent days reached hazardous levels on Wednesday. Authorities have urged…
IFP – Researchers in Iran have designed and developed an artificial smart tree capable of absorbing large amounts of CO2 in order…
IFP – Based on a contract signed on Monday, Japan is to run a joint project with Iran to decrease air pollution…
MNA –Schools in Tehran will be closed on Tuesday due to severe air pollution. Tehran’s Air Pollution Emergency Committee has announced as…
Financial Tribune- Startups could help combat air pollution by developing sensors and control systems, the deputy for renewable energy at the Vice…
Financial Tribune- Instead of expanding roads and highways in Iran’s metropolitan areas, there has to be an increase in the cost of…
IRNA – Air pollution has prompted Iranian authorities to close schools in the capital Tehran and other major cities across the country.…
IFP – Despite efforts by Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) and anti-air pollution campaigns, the use of bicycles has failed to gain…
FNA- Iranian and Japanese environment officials in a meeting in Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost their cooperation on…
Financial Tribune- Air pollution costs Iran about $20 billion annually, which can be used to purchase 20,000 subway cars or establish 140…
Press TV- The Iranian capital is once again suffering from poor air quality and countermeasures such as the closure of schools do…
MNA| Maryam Azish: Iran’s pollution, a decades-old problem, has progressively increased in recent years, claiming several lives each year and damaging healthy…
Financial Tribune: Successive days of heavy, dangerous smog in the Iranian capital Tehran has led to the cancellation of most city tours,…
India launched a first of its kind pilot project in the country to run a two wheeler on CNG. New Delhi (Sputnik) —…
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a roadmap containing a set of guidelines aimed at reducing air pollution in Iran’s eight…
Outdoor pollution has risen 8% in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, WHO data shows Outdoor air…
TEHRAN, April 02 (Shana) – Ten petrochemical plants in Assaluyeh, south of Iran, are constantly monitored for pollution, an environmental official…
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iranian researchers from Amirkabir University of Technology succeeded in the production of surfaces that can adsorb air…
Public offices and schools in Khuzestan Province were closed Monday due to the dangerously high concentration of PM10 (particulate matter with a…
As a symbolic gesture, Head of Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and Iran’s minister of culture Ali Jannati…
Tehran, Jan 2, IRNA – First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined the need to using the renewable energies for the country. “Planning…
Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA – A senior official with the Petroleum Ministry on Sunday called for measures to cut air pollution, saying…
Beijing, Dec 25, IRNA – Dense air pollution has cancelled IranAir’s Beijing-Tehran flight in the Chinese capital on Friday. Talking to IRNA,…
Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan prov, Dec 24, IRNA – Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Massoumeh Ebtekar said here Thursday that…
Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a…
Iran’s Department of the Environment has made a list of 3,100 industrial polluters across the country with most of them found respectively…
A new research has suggested that trees play significant role in removing air pollution and preventing respiratory diseases. A large scale study…