Financial Tribune - The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution in Iranian cities. The ministry has asked Iran Traffic Police to devise a plan for extending the Air Pollution Reduction Scheme underway in the capital to the whole country. Almost all Iranian major cities ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (Shana) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said on Tuesday that the ministry supports production of cars with diesel-driven engines. Speaking at the international conference on internal-combustion engines held by the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), he said substitution of low-carbon fuels have come under attention ...