Head of the Department of Environment of Iran Sheena Ansari has called for regional cooperation to help resolve the problem of dust storms faced by Iran and other countries in the region.

The Department of Environment is taking measures with the aim of dealing with sand and dust storms in Sarakhs County, near the border with Turkmenistan.

MNA Head of Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO) has expressed Irans readiness to cooperate with regional countries in the fight against sand and dust storms (SDS). According to the Public Relations Department of the Agriculture Ministry of Iran, head of Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO) made the ...

IRNA Some 465 people were taken to hospitals and medical centers in southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan due to complications caused by dust storm took place over the past several days, according to a provincial official. Abrolrahman Shahnavazi, the director of crisis management department of Sistan-Baluchestan governor-general, ...

MNA A four-member team of European experts has visited areas in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, which are prone to creating dust storms. According to the Director General of Khuzestan Provinces Environment Office Shahriar Askari, on Friday, a four-member team of European experts from Finland, Germany and Austria visited areas in southwestern ...

Tehran Times - Iran is going to use Chinas expertise on tackling sand and dust storms (SDSs) and take steps to halt the external SDS hotspots affecting southeastern and southwestern parts of the country, head of the national working group on SDSs has said. Sand and dust storms is a major environmental issue, which has put many Iranians, especially ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Iran's efforts to counter worsening dust storms have been hampered by conflict in the region, the deputy head of the environment department said on Saturday. "We signed agreements with the Iraqi and Syrian governments in 2010 and 2011 to help them counter the source of dust storms," Masoud Tajrishi told a news conference ...

AP Irans semi-official Mehr news agency says 95 people were taken to hospitals after suffering breathing problems during a sand-and-dust storm in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan. Tuesdays report quotes Abdolrahman Shahnavazi, the provincial director general of disaster management, as saying that 68 people were treated and released ...

Tasnim An official with Iran Meteorological Department in Sistan and Balouchestan said dust concentration in the southeastern provinces air is around 54 times higher than the standard level, disrupting peoples lives. Dust concentration in Sistan and Balouchestans air has risen to 54 times the limits in the past three hours due to massive storms ...

Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: The air in Irans southwesternprovince of Khuzestanis no longer safe to breathe. Although the region has been dealing with dust and sandstorms for over a decade, it seems that the situation has only become a crisis in recent years. Irans petroleum hub ofKhuzestan borders Iraq. The province was a front line during the 1980-...

Financial Tribune- In an effort to curb dust and sand pollution, Iran's National Convention to Combat Dust Storms is seeking to use Japan's successful experience in the field by implementing joint projects. Japan has earlier successfully controlled dust storms enveloping its western parts that share a marine border with China through a precise monitoring ...

Tasnim Dust storms originating in Iraq have hit Irans western and southwestern areas, prompting health warnings and resulting in closed schools and offices. Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam and Khuzestan are among the hardest hit provinces in Iran where residents with heart and respiratory problems have been warned to stay indoors, Iranian media reported....

MNA Ministerial board of International Conference on Sands and Dust Storms released a statement on the agenda for future cooperation. There has been a growing awareness of the global phenomenon of Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) and their global, regional, transboundary and multi-faceted impacts on the environment, climate, health, livelihoods, agriculture ...

IRNA | Ehsan Naderi Pour: International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) started work here on Monday with participation of 43 world countries which have been affected more by the SDS.  

MNA Irans President Rouhani said planning, investment as well as regional and international cooperation were prerequisites to the fight against sand and dust storms. President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks while addressing the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms which kicked off Monday morning at Tehran's Islamic Summit ...

IRNA Dust problem in Iran originates from Iraq and water shortage in Turkey, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour said. Rahimpour made the remarks on the sidelines of the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) which kicked off on Monday. Solving water crisis is not an easy task ...

Global Research - An Iranian official has urged active diplomacy with Turkey towards tackling the problem ofdust storms, which chronically blight regional states as a result of Ankaras massive dam building projects. As part of its Southeastern Anatolia Projectknown as GAP, Turkey has built 22 dams onthe Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which also run ...

IRNA Iran is going to launch a training center in Iraq to educate Iraqis on effective ways to address the issue of dust storms and the particle pollution overwhelming the region, says the Vice-President and head of the Environment Department. We started negotiations with the Iraqi government on addressing dust storms originated from the country ...

IRNA - Vice President and Head of Iran's Department of the Environment, Massoumeh Ebtekar said on Wednesday that The National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) has allocated $100 million to revive wetland. Talks with Iraqi government are underway which might be implemented within coming weeks, she said. This year the UN is to hold the first conference ...

Al-Monitor l Zahra Alipour: A massive influx of dust storms in recent weeks has once again paralyzed Irans southwestern province of Khuzestan. The province has been reeling from dust storms since the early 2000s, a problem which often leads to schools and government offices being closed, power, water and internet outages as well as residents being ...