Tehran Times Head of Tehran Emergency Center, Peyman Saberian, announced that cab drivers in the city will be trained on pre-hospital care in order to enhance their skills and capabilities during incidents or accidents. Considering the sheer volume of cars on the roads, traffic accidents are in fact quite common; therefore, pre-hospital emergency ...

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 ...

Financial Tribune- Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs announced an upcoming deal with the Senegalese government to upgrade the countrys taxi fleet during his visit to Dakar. According to Donya-e Eqtesad, a sister publication of Financial Tribune, deputy minister Mahdi Agha-Jafari met with Senegals Minister of Industry and Mines Aly ...