The head of Iran’s National Meteorological Organization announced the launch of the air pollution forecast and warning system in 10 metropolitan cities, which predicts the density of five air pollutants, including suspended particles and carbon monoxide.

Iran’s Meteorological Organization declared the continuation of pollution in industrial cities for the next two days, furcating rain in the northern part of the country from late today until Friday.

Financial Tribune - A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the country contain dangerous chemicals above acceptable standards, head of the Comprehensive Assessment Unit at the DoE said. Although there has been a decline in sulphur levels compared to summer, aromatic compounds ...

Financial Tribune - Thermal power plants have a small share in air pollution as almost all use gas, and emissions from gas combustion are way below those from other fossil fuels like diesel and mazut, says head of Economic, Social and Environmental Studies Office at the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba). According to a ...

Financial Tribune - The Department of Environment had drafted a bill on a winter break for schools. It was approved by the Cabinet at the time and sent to the parliament, but was later shelved As Iranian metropolises struggled with suffocating air pollution over the past few weeks, which led to extended school closures, some urban authorities have ...

Financial Tribune - Schools have closed down in several cities for days, hospitals are full with patients suffering from respiratory conditions, and tiny tots, the elderly and the sick have been told to stay at home because the air quality is very bad As air pollution moves from bad to worse in most mega cities, officials and relevant organizations ...

Bloomberg - Authorities in Iran have shut down schools in eight provinces including the capital Tehran because of high levels of pollution, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported. Schools and universities in Irans third-largest city, Esfahan, and its wider province, have also been closed. Other regions affected are Alborz, Eastern ...

Financial Tribune - Kalantari: The decision to ration gasoline for private cars, cabs has nothing to do with the torpid campaign against air pollution. Moreover, the surplus revenue from selling fuel at much higher rates is not supposed to be spent on anti-pollution program Gasoline rationing that started on Nov. 15 will not have any significant ...

Financial Tribune - Outdoor physical exercises in all school grades have been cancelled until Friday (Nov. 15), as the sprawling city experienced its seventh consecutive day of dangerously high air pollution levels. In an emergency meeting held on Sunday, the Air Pollution Emergency Committee announced that if the air quality deteriorates further ...

Tehran Times There are currently 150,000 clunker taxis in the country, which will reach up to 192,000 by the end of this year (March 2020), Morteza Zameni, director general of urban taxi drivers union has said. The number of old taxis is expected to reach 240,000 by the next 2 years, which constitutes 75 percent of the countrys total taxi fleet,...

Financial Tribune - There are 150,000 dilapidated taxis in the country terribly contributing to the worsening air pollution. The figure comprises nearly half the total 360,000 vehicles in the taxi fleet, the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Taxi Union said. Morteza Zameni said the number of older cabs will reach 245,000 by 2021 if effective measures ...

Al Monitor | Maysam Bizaer: Major Iranian urban centers have seen unprecedented air pollution in recent years. According to officials, it's caused primarily by the many cars on the streets, withheavy vehiclesincludingtrucksand busesemitting 63% of air-polluting particles.An estimated350,000dilapidated heavy vehicles, according to thetraffic police,...

IFP - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, February 8, and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The top story today was the air pollution in Tehran which has plagued the peoples lives and it seems it is not going to leave the citizens ...

MNA In the recent days the air pollution in some parts of Tehran has reached a dangerous level, ringing the alarm bells that something serious may happen. Who is most at fault? A clear-cut answer is that successive administrations and Parliaments are mostly responsible for the current situation. Even now that the national budget bill is ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that people cannot live with air pollution and 'we cannot be indifferent to the problem.' 'Transportation fleet renovation project in the country is a big step the Iranian government has taken to improve the environment,' President Rouhani said at a conference on reconditioning the transportation ...

IFP - Kindergartens and schools in 15 cities of Irans southwestern province of Khuzestan will be closed down on Saturday because of heavy dust pollution. The Crisis Management Department of Khuzestan Province, in a statement, announced that kindergartens, as well as primary, secondary and high schools in 15 cities of the provincewould remain ...

Tasnim Authorities have been forced to shut down all nurseries and elementary schools in the Iranian Province of Tehran after air pollution reached alarming levels, a report said. Members of Tehrans Air Pollution Emergency Committee held a meeting on Saturday night and decided to shut kindergartens and primary schools in all but two cities ...

SHANA - The secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said natural gas is the best option for realization of the world's environment protection goals. Addressing the 3rd Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club Congress and Exhibition in Tehran on Tuesday, Mohammad Hossein Adeli said given gas's competitiveness and ease of access in ...

IFP- Marziyeh Boroumand, a well-known Iranian filmmaker, has written an article about air pollution in Etemad Newspaper. Heres IFPs translation of her solution: Marziyeh BoroumandRead to avoid air pollution, to stop environment destruction, to keep the trees green, to keep the soil healthy, to let the rain drop, to improve our wisdom, to be grateful ...

Iran's struggle with air pollution costs its people $30 billion a yearnearly double the $16 billion reported by the World Health Organization in 2014, according to the country's top environment official. Addressing lawmakers on Wednesday to encourage MPs to pass the Clean Air Bill, Massoumeh Ebtekar, the head of the Department of Environment, said ...