DoE blames gasoline, diesel quality for air pollution
Financial Tribune – A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the…
Financial Tribune – A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the…
Financial Tribune – Thermal power plants have a small share in air pollution as almost all use gas, and emissions from gas…
Financial Tribune – The Department of Environment had drafted a bill on a winter break for schools. It was approved by the…
Financial Tribune – Schools have closed down in several cities for days, hospitals are full with patients suffering from respiratory conditions, and…
Bloomberg – Authorities in Iran have shut down schools in eight provinces including the capital Tehran because of high levels of pollution,…
Financial Tribune – Kalantari: The decision to ration gasoline for private cars, cabs …has nothing to do with the torpid campaign against…
Financial Tribune – Outdoor physical exercises in all school grades have been cancelled until Friday (Nov. 15), as the sprawling city experienced…
Tehran Times – There are currently 150,000 clunker taxis in the country, which will reach up to 192,000 by the end of…
Financial Tribune – There are 150,000 dilapidated taxis in the country terribly contributing to the worsening air pollution. The figure comprises nearly…
Al Monitor | Maysam Bizaer: Major Iranian urban centers have seen unprecedented air pollution in recent years. According to officials, it’s caused…
IFP – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, February 8, and picked headlines from…
MNA – In the recent days the air pollution in some parts of Tehran has reached a dangerous level, ringing the alarm…
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that people cannot live with air pollution and ‘we cannot be indifferent to…
IFP – Kindergartens and schools in 15 cities of Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan will be closed down on Saturday because of…
Tasnim – Authorities have been forced to shut down all nurseries and elementary schools in the Iranian Province of Tehran after air…
SHANA – The secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said natural gas is the best option for realization of…
IFP- Marziyeh Boroumand, a well-known Iranian filmmaker, has written an article about air pollution in Etemad Newspaper. Here’s IFP’s translation of her…
Iran’s struggle with air pollution costs its people $30 billion a year—nearly double the $16 billion reported by the World Health Organization…
Outdoor pollution has risen 8% in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, WHO data shows Outdoor air…
Ahvaz, March 16, IRNA – The government is doing its best to improve the living environment as it directly affects the public…
Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA – Special assistant for head of Department of Environment Majid Shafeipour said that Iran’s efforts to organize regional…
Iran’s environment chief has responded to Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf’s recent claims that his office can effectively end the air pollution…
Iranian Insurance firms will offer air pollution coverage following the record air pollution in the capital in recent days, an official at…
One of the major factors that contribute to increase in green-house gasses and make the air suffocating and hazardous in big cities…
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has criticized officials and lawmakers for what he calls “the politicization of air pollution.” Speaking to the…
Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA – Cabinet on Wednesday decided to devise short-term and swift plans for controlling air pollution. President Hassan Rouhani…
Air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close kindergartens and all other schools in Tehran province for two days from Sunday. …
Tehran, Dec 19, IRNA – Air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close kindergartens and all other schools in Tehran province for…
Air pollution in some Iranian cities has reached alarming levels, according to Hossain Shahidzadeh, deputy director at the Air Quality Control Company…
The government lacks the financial resources to effectively battle the crippling dust storms that have dogged more than two-thirds of Iran, according…
The cities of Ahvaz and Isfahan have earned the unflattering title of Iran’s most polluted cities over the past decade. Speaking to…
The 11th government is taking good steps to tackle air pollution in the country; one such step is to cut the emission…
TEHRAN April 21(Shana)–Improving the quality of fuel and distribution of euro-4 gasoline were two successful steps Petroleum Ministry took last year for…
TEHRAN Feb 21(Shana)–Tackling the dust particles problem requires a long term planning and temporary arrangements are impractical, head of Department of Environment…
TEHRAN Feb 21(Shana)–The administration has had accurate plans for tackling the problem of air pollution and does not intend to cope with…
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian cabinet underlined the importance of taking immediate measures to settle the problem of heavy air pollution caused…
Dust lingers on Ahwaz for the fifth consecutive day and the weather forecasts predicting rain have not come through forcing residents to…
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has…
Tehran, Jan 19, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said here on Monday that people must contribute to make air clean and healthy.…