Air Pollution in Iran’s Southwestern city 60 times higher than safe levels
Tasnim – Heavy air pollution caused by haze and dust particles in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, has surged to…
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Iran to invest $150 m in fighting dust: Iranian MP
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agreed with the Iranian government’s suggestion to spend 150 million…
Iran President orders officials to tackle dust pollution in southwest
IFP- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered two top officials to immediately visit Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran to deal with the…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 21
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, January 21, and picked headlines…
Dangerous level of air pollution shuts schools in Iran’s Khuzestan
IFP – Kindergartens and schools in 15 cities of Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan will be closed down on Saturday because of…
$100m for combating dust storms in Iran
Financial Tribune- The government has earmarked $100 million to combat dust storms in the next fiscal year that begins on March 21.…
Iran says talks with Iraq on particle pollution promising
IRNA – Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar called her talks with Iraqi officials positive and promising. Speaking…
President visits soil stabilisation programme, desert greening in Khuzestan
president.ir- President Rouhani visited soil stabilisation programme on Thursday during his visit to Khuzestan province. Visiting one of the critical centres of…
Photos: President Rouhani visits Khuzestan province
IRNA- President Rouhani arrived in Ahwaz, the capital city of Khuzestan province on Thursday and told reporters at the airport: “From the…
Pres. Rouhani arrives in Khuzestan province
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Ahwaz on Thursday morning to address the issue of dust and water pollution.“We would plan…
Iran’s share of UN dust storm budget meager
Financial Tribune- A large portion of the United Nations’ budget for combating dust storms and desertification is allocated to Africa while Middle…
Iran moves to address haze, outages in Khuzestan
Press TV- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered officials to promptly address problems such as dust and smoke particles, power outages and failures in the…
Iran trying to cope with environmental crisis in Southwest
IFP- As Iranian people are grappling with a dangerous dust pollution crisis in southwestern province of Khuzestan, the country’s administration and parliament…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb. 19
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has…
Iran, Iraq ink deal to cooperate to tackle air pollution
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and Iraq have agreed to cooperate to counter the growing menace of dust particles at the areas along…
Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest pollution
TEHRAN: Iranian lawmakers wore medical face masks in parliament on Sunday in a show of solidarity with residents of their areas battling…
Chain road accidents due to Khuzestan’s thick dusty air
AHVAZ, Feb. 15 (MNA) – The head of traffic police of Khuzestan Province has said during recent days thick dusty air has…
Residents struggle to breathe as dust storms batter Iran
For more than a week dust storms have been battering southwestern Iran, especially the region of Khouzestan and its capital Ahvaz, which…
Iran’s government mobilized against Air Pollution
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Following a heavy dust storm in Iran’s Western and southwestern provinces, President Hassan Rouhani’s administration started taking necessary measures…
Red Crescent Society offers assistance to dust storm hit areas
Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA – A senior official with the Red Crescent Society Nasser Charkhsaz said on Wednesday that 2,774 operational forces…
Dust pollution shuts down major cities in Iran
Eleven cities in Iran’s southwest Khouzestan province have shut down offices and schools over excessive dust particles in the air. Iranians tweeted pictures of…