Based on its latest findings, the Municipality of Tehran has announced that there are 1.5 million rats in this city, but it seems that their population is higher than the declared figure, the head of Tehran City Councils Environment Department Mohammad Haqqani said. According to a report by Mizan, as translated by IFP, he went on to say that the ...

Although Tehran has had adecades-long struggle with rats, its rodent problem seems to have grown to epic proportions as of late.Giant ratsthat have been flushed out of their nests by melting snow are the focus of a renewed extermination effort in the Iranian capital, according to several reports. Some of the rodents reportedly weigh as much as 11 ...

London's Times newspaper says Tehran's environmentalagency using sniper teams against rodents running rampant in 26 districts AsIrancontinues to defy Western efforts to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, it appears the Islamic Republic has found itself a new enemy. London's Times newspaper reported Tuesday that Tehran's environmental agency ...