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…
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$3.4m to help ease air pollution in Isfahan
Financial Tribune – The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the…
Air pollution annually costs Tehran residents $2.6 billion
Financial Tribune – Air pollution annually costs Tehran residents $2.6 billion, an official with the Department of Environment says. According to Behzad…
Iran: Call for national ban on polluting cars
Financial Tribune – The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution…
Tehran’s traffic jam drops by 52%
Tehran Times – Traffic congestion in the traffic zones of Tehran has declined by 52 percent over the Iranian calendar month of…
Top Iranian environmental council discusses state of air pollution in different regions
MNA – The Supreme Council for Environment Protection convened Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of President Hassan Rouhani. According to the official…
Air pollution responsible for over 4,000 deaths annually in Tehran
Tehran Times – Some 4,000 to 5,000 of people residing in the country’s capital lose their lives per year due to air…
New traffic scheme for Tehran
Financial Tribune – A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the…
Photos: Air pollution soars in Tehran
Tasnim | Naser Jafari: Severe air pollution gripping the Iranian capital in recent days reached hazardous levels on Wednesday. Authorities have urged…
Iran develops smart tree to reduce air pollution
IFP – Researchers in Iran have designed and developed an artificial smart tree capable of absorbing large amounts of CO2 in order…
Japan to help cut air pollution in smog-choked Tehran
IFP – Based on a contract signed on Monday, Japan is to run a joint project with Iran to decrease air pollution…
Severe pollution shuts down schools in Tehran again
MNA –Schools in Tehran will be closed on Tuesday due to severe air pollution. Tehran’s Air Pollution Emergency Committee has announced as…
Startups key to combating air pollution
Financial Tribune- Startups could help combat air pollution by developing sensors and control systems, the deputy for renewable energy at the Vice…
Economic solution to air pollution, traffic congestion
Financial Tribune- Instead of expanding roads and highways in Iran’s metropolitan areas, there has to be an increase in the cost of…
Schools closed in several Iranian cities due to air pollution
IRNA – Air pollution has prompted Iranian authorities to close schools in the capital Tehran and other major cities across the country.…
Iran planning to promote citizens’ use of bicycle
IFP – Despite efforts by Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) and anti-air pollution campaigns, the use of bicycles has failed to gain…
Official: Iran, Japan ink MoU to control air pollution
FNA- Iranian and Japanese environment officials in a meeting in Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost their cooperation on…
Air pollution costs Iran $20 billion per year
Financial Tribune- Air pollution costs Iran about $20 billion annually, which can be used to purchase 20,000 subway cars or establish 140…
Tehran air pollution hits alarming levels despite school closures
Press TV- The Iranian capital is once again suffering from poor air quality and countermeasures such as the closure of schools do…
JCPOA key for import of hybrid vehicles, reducing air pollution
MNA| Maryam Azish: Iran’s pollution, a decades-old problem, has progressively increased in recent years, claiming several lives each year and damaging healthy…
Sorry About Air Pollution!
Financial Tribune: Successive days of heavy, dangerous smog in the Iranian capital Tehran has led to the cancellation of most city tours,…
Iranian technology to rescue Indian cities from rising air pollution
India launched a first of its kind pilot project in the country to run a two wheeler on CNG. New Delhi (Sputnik) —…
Gov’t approves air pollution roadmap
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a roadmap containing a set of guidelines aimed at reducing air pollution in Iran’s eight…
Air pollution rising at an ‘alarming rate’ in world’s cities
Outdoor pollution has risen 8% in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, WHO data shows Outdoor air…
Assaluyeh petchem plants under online monitoring for pollution
TEHRAN, April 02 (Shana) – Ten petrochemical plants in Assaluyeh, south of Iran, are constantly monitored for pollution, an environmental official…
Nanocomposite surfaces adsorb air polluting gases
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iranian researchers from Amirkabir University of Technology succeeded in the production of surfaces that can adsorb air…
Critical PM10 level cripples Khuzestan province, again
Public offices and schools in Khuzestan Province were closed Monday due to the dangerously high concentration of PM10 (particulate matter with a…
Photos: Iran’s officials go to work by subway to highlight importance of clean air
As a symbolic gesture, Head of Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and Iran’s minister of culture Ali Jannati…
Jahangiri underlines need for utilizing renewable energies
Tehran, Jan 2, IRNA – First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined the need to using the renewable energies for the country. “Planning…
Petroleum Ministry official calls for measures to cut air pollution
Tehran, Dec 27, IRNA – A senior official with the Petroleum Ministry on Sunday called for measures to cut air pollution, saying…
Dense air pollution cancels IranAir flight in Beijing
Beijing, Dec 25, IRNA – Dense air pollution has cancelled IranAir’s Beijing-Tehran flight in the Chinese capital on Friday. Talking to IRNA,…
Comprehensive studies underway to prevent air pollution in big cities
Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan prov, Dec 24, IRNA – Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Massoumeh Ebtekar said here Thursday that…
Air pollution kills 3.3m annually worldwide
Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a…
Industrial polluters on new list expected to pay damage tax
Iran’s Department of the Environment has made a list of 3,100 industrial polluters across the country with most of them found respectively…
Study: Trees prevent respiratory diseases
A new research has suggested that trees play significant role in removing air pollution and preventing respiratory diseases. A large scale study…