Financial Tribune- Air quality in Tehran and other metropolises is gradually improving, thanks to the strategies of the Department of Environment, says an environment official. According to Saeed Motessadi, DOE's deputy for human environments, Tehran saw 160 days of "unhealthy" days when air quality index exceeded 100 in the Iranian year ending ...

TEHRAN April 15(Shana)--Iran is to stop feeding power plants with fuel oil as part of its efforts to reduce air pollution, a deputy head of the Department of the Environment said. Saeed Motesadi said the issue is being followed up on this year by ministries of petroleum and energy. He said that elimination of fuel oil from power plants would largely ...

A deputy head of the Department of Environment (DOE) has said that the number of clean-air days is up 60 percent this year. Saeed Motesadi said that Tehran Province had 16 clean-air days, 233 healthy-air days and 116 unhealthy days last year [ending March 2015], whereas the numbers for the year before stood at three, 202 and 160 respectively. He ...

[caption id="attachment_153820" align="alignright" width="203"] Iran's Deputy Head of Department of Environment (DOE) Saeed Motesadi[/caption] TEHRAN March 02(Shana)--HSE acts as a ring that links environment to oil industry and wherever the ring has been strong enough the results for protection of environment have been positive. Deputy Head ...

TEHRAN Dec 09 (Shana)--Iran plans to start distributing euro-4 gasoline in the oil-rich city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, a deputy head of the Department of the Environment said. Saeed Motesaddi said the fuel distribution plan is part of efforts to reduce air pollution in this city. He said that surveys show that the type of fuel and its distribution ...