Air Pollution

By: Asgaripour, Ghayoumi & Abbasi

Tehran grappling with severe air pollution

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The air quality index for the city of Tehran has reached 139 which is considered unhealthy for the sensitive groups. The pollution has forced school shut-downs in most cities of Tehran province on Tuesday and Wednesday.
2019-12-23 14:00
By: Arshide Shahangi

Severe air pollution hits Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Air Quality Index (AQI) value in Tehran has reduced to 137 on Monday meaning that the pollution is ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’. Schools and universities in most cities of Tehran province were announced closed on Monday.
2019-12-16 23:57
By: Hamid Vakili

Tehran in smog

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Air pollution forced schools to close on Sunday and Monday. The pollution level in the capital has been "unhealthy for sensitive groups" and officials warned the young, elderly and people with respiratory illnesses to stay indoors, with sporting activities suspended.
2019-12-16 17:17
By: M.A. Saki

Air pollution and the war of wills

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – With the arrival of the cold season, air pollution spreads its shadow over Iranian cities, especially the big ones.
2019-12-07 13:54
Tehraners resort to masks as air pollution soars

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Severe air pollution has hit Tehran since some 4 days ago, forcing residents to use masks for their own safety. Schools and universities have been announced closed today and tomorrow in most cities of Tehran province. Officials hope that a predicted rain on Monday would wash the pollution away.
2019-11-30 15:34
By: Mohammad Mohsenifar

Air pollution in Tehran

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – The air quality index for the city of Tehran has reached 170 which is unhealthy for all age groups but the weather forecast has predicted that the level of pollution will reduce by early next week.
2019-11-29 10:27
VIDEO: Air pollution in Tehran

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – Air pollution has forced the authorities in the Iranian capital of Tehran to order the closure of elementary schools for tomorrow.
2019-11-12 23:11
By: Faranak Bakhtiari

Choked by air pollution, Shahr-e Rey struggling to survive

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – As several cities in Tehran province are experiencing severe air pollution, high concentration of industrial and residential units, as well as large amounts of emissions produced by vehicles and landfill sites, are among the major sources of pollutants choking the ancient city of Shahr-e Rey, southern Tehran.
2019-10-14 19:31
Tehran joins World Car-Free Day campaign

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Director General of Environment of Tehran Municipality Shina Ansari said that Tehran was the first city in Iran which joined World Car-Free Day campaign.
2019-09-24 18:00
By: Faranak Bakhtiari

World Ozone Day: Iran well rid of ozone-depleting emissions

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Iran has reduced 9,800 tons of ozone-destroying emissions over the past 26 years as part of its commitment to the Montreal Protocol, phasing out the chemical substances responsible for ozone layer depletion while making efforts to cut another 2,000 tons.
2019-09-17 16:19
By: Faranak Bakhtiari

High ozone brings serious air pollution to Tehran’s summer

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Tehran air quality reached a level which was unhealthy for sensitive groups for about 7 days due to ozone pollutant; as the statistics show concentration of this pollutant increases in the capital mostly during summer, so, ground level ozone became the main contributor to pollution in the capital’s hot seasons.
2019-06-30 21:53
VIDEO: Protesting against air pollution crisis in London

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – Environmental protesters stopped traffic on three main roads into central London in protest over the “air pollution crisis” in the area.
2019-06-22 14:54
By: Shahab Ghayoumi

Tehran’s weather condition during Nowruz holidays

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – With the beginning of Nowruz (Persian New Year) holidays and travel of citizens, Tehran is experiencing low traffic and pollution-free days.
2019-03-24 20:02
As winter approaches, Tehran weather gets polluted again

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) –The weather in the Iranian capital Tehran is unhealthy for sensitive groups with air quality index standing at 102 on Saturday.
2018-12-15 16:18
By: Majid Haghdoust

Air pollution in Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – On Wednesday, the weather in the Iranian capital Tehran was unhealthy for sensitive groups with air quality index standing at 144.
2018-12-05 23:04
Iran, Malaysia kick off joint research project

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – Faculty Member of the Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC) Farah Halek announced the launch of a joint research project between Islamic Republic of Iran and Malaysia in the field of finding the root causes behind air pollution in the capitals of the two countries as well as finding the ways to control it.
2018-10-29 13:30
By: Maryam Qarehgozlou

Waiting in ambush: Will Tehran choke on foul air this year too?

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – While Tehraners breathed ozone in the air during hot summer days the real stuff is awaiting us in the coming months of autumn and winter.
2018-09-10 18:00
By: Mohsen Noferesti

Dust storm sweeps South Khorasan province

BIRJAND, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Severe dust storms sweeping South Khorasan province in northeast Iran have resulted in reduced visibility to 10 meters in some areas. The air pollution has reached unhealthy levels for people of all ages.
2018-08-07 17:58
Iranian environmental official visits zone affected by Hour al-Azim wildfires

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Vice President and Head of the Department of Environment (DoE) Isa Kalantari has arrived in Khuzestan province to closely monitor efforts to prevent wildfires in Iraqi part of Hour al-Azim wetland from reaching Iran.
2018-08-05 14:11
By: Mehdi Pedramkhoo

Air pollution in Ahvaz

AHVAZ, Jul. 23 (MNA) – According to Iran Meteorological Organization On Sunday, July 22, the air quality index in the center of Khuzestan province reached 148 (meaning unhealthy for all groups). The pollution, partly due to wildfire in Hour al-Azim, has caused a lot of problems for the people during very hot summer.
2018-07-23 14:00
By: Mehdi Pedramkhoo

Suffocating dust storm sweeps over Ahvaz

AHVAZ, Feb. 14 (MNA) – Dust particles in the air over southwestern city of Ahvaz reached 8,300 micrograms per cubic meter on Tuesday, which is 57 times more than the healthy limit (150µg/m³). The sand storms are blamed on desertification of lagoons in Iraq and strong winds from the deserts of Saudi Arabia.
2018-02-14 11:36
By: M.A. Saki

We have been taken hostage by vehicles

TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (MNA) – In the recent days the air pollution in some parts of Tehran has reached a dangerous level, ringing the alarm bells that something serious may happen.
2018-02-07 11:44
By: Mohammad Khodabakhsh

Tehran grappling with serious air pollution

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Schools have been announced off on Monday and Tuesday in the capital city of Tehran and some other major cities of Iran because of dangerous levels of air pollution and as the air pollution is expected to hover for the next 24 hours, it is highly probable to have schools closed on Wednesday, too.
2018-02-06 18:01
Oil Minister:

Fuel consumption volume in Iran equivalent to 5.5m bpd

TEHRAN, Feb. 6 (MNA) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that fuel consumption in Iran is equivalent to 5.5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), the rate of which is considered as the highest energy consumption rate in the world in terms of energy intensity.
2018-02-06 14:58
TOD may be a way round air pollution, traffic jam

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – While air pollution and torturous traffic jam are plaguing city dwellers, especially people residing in the Iranian capital, the government is mulling over implementing transit-oriented development (TOD) programs.
2018-01-21 16:40
By Maryam Qarehgozlou

Tangled web of air pollution in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Air pollution, the recurring nightmare of Tehraners from which there is no waking, is a complicated saga of the busy capital of Iran.
2018-01-01 11:33
By: Maryam Qarehgozlou

Tehran traffic schemes: Does anyone think twice about air pollution?

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Tehran Municipality has resumed talks over the past few days concentrating on altering traffic schemes to ease congestion and abating air pollutions.
2017-12-25 13:25
Iran hopes UN resolution on dust pollution to bring favorite results

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo says that after the adoption of UN resolution on combating sand and dust storms, Iran hopes for more developments in the field.
2017-12-24 15:38
By: Fatemeh Abedi

Fire outbreak at Mighan Wetland

ARAK, Dec. 23 (MNA) – A huge fire hit Mighan Wetland in central Iran on Friday morning and increased concentration of air pollutants in the nearby city of Arak before it was contained after several hours. Mighan Wetland is located in 15km North-east of Arak, the capital of Markazi Province, Iran.
2017-12-23 11:04
By: Ghayuomi, Moheimany

Unhealthy air permeating Tehran for 6th consecutive day

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Despite the cancellation of schools and sport events in Tehran in the last 3 days, the bad air is still hovering over the mega city. Also traffic restrictions have been enforced in the last two days but some critics are calling for closing of all offices, banks, and organizations to lower the pollution level.
2017-12-19 17:38