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2022-05-24 13:53
Football matches in Iran postponed
TEHRAN - Iran Football League Organization has postponed five matches scheduled for Tuesday due to the air pollution.
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2022-05-15 20:10
By Afshin Majlesi
A breath of fresh air! 7 pretty villages around Tehran
TEHRAN - Teeming with life, bright lights and fantastic places to visit, the Iranian capital is the country’s beating heart but its real soul may be found in nearby villages.
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2022-01-15 20:00
'Clean Air Day' to highlight public rights, national will
TEHRAN – This year, Clean Air Week will be held from January 15 to February 1, focusing on the theme of “Clean Air, Public Rights, National Will”.
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2021-11-12 17:18
Air pollution costs healthcare system over $4b
TEHRAN – Expenses related to deaths attributed to air pollution are estimated at $4.3 billion over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2020-March 2021), Abbas Shahsavani, head of the air and climate change department of the Ministry of Health, has said.
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2021-09-07 17:25
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Clean air for blue skies
TEHRAN – September 7 has been named World Clean Air Day, and this year's slogan is "Clean Air for Blue Skies", which emphasizes the health aspects of air pollution, especially considering the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-08-11 16:31
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2021-04-30 19:00
Some 40,000 premature deaths occur in Iran due to air pollution
TEHRAN – Air pollution is responsible for around 40,000 premature deaths in Iran annually, Mohammad- Sadeq Hassanvand, head of the air pollution research center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, has said.
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2021-03-01 17:01
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran's air quality improving over past decade
TEHRAN – The exposure of Iranians to particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in 2019 decreased by about 3.4 micrograms per cubic meter compared to 2010, according to the 2019 World Air Quality Report.
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2021-01-08 17:46
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’
TEHRAN – The Clean Air Law, enacted in July 2017, was supposed to be a solution to ease air pollution across the country, but now, a few years after the adoption of this law, the air is severely polluted, as different agencies neglect their legal duties to implement the law.
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2021-01-06 17:09
Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m
TEHRAN – Air pollution brings a heavy economic burden amounting to $7 million per day for the metropolis of Tehran, Hossein Shahidzadeh, head of Tehran’s Air Quality Control Company, has said. Air pollution is responsible for 11 premature deaths daily in Tehran, he lamented.
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2021-01-02 18:17
Football matches in Tehran on brink of postponement
TEHRAN - Three football matches in Iran Professional League are on the verge of being postponed due to high levels of air pollution.
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2020-11-30 18:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Air pollution hiding behind COVID-19
TEHRAN – With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, air pollution has been marginalized despite being much deadlier, causing over 7 million deaths annually, while the virus has just taken less than 1.5 million lives worldwide so far.
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2020-08-19 20:30
$240m earmarked to reduce pollution, natural resources degradation
TEHRAN – Some 10 trillion rials (nearly $240 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been allocated in order to reduce pollution and prevent the destruction of natural resources in the country.
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2020-08-03 19:01
COVID-19 increases PM concentration in Tehran by 20%: study
TEHRAN – The results of a study by Iranian researchers shows that the concentration of particulate matter (PM2.5) as the most important pollutant in Tehran air during the coronavirus outbreak has increased by about 20 percent compared to the same period last year.
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2020-07-08 17:20
$948m taxi fleet renovation plan on agenda
TEHRAN – The administration has put a plan worth $948 million on the agenda for renovating the old domestic taxi fleet, aimed at replacing 129,000 clunker cars with natural gas vehicles, hybrid, and electric cars.
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2020-01-24 19:39
E-motorbikes come to curb air pollution in metropolises
TEHRAN – The first phase of electric motorcycles development project will be implemented aiming at reducing air pollution in Tehran and other metropolises, IRNA news agency reported.
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2019-12-29 18:31
Iranian researchers design nanofilters for diesel cars
TEHRAN – As part of a national plan, Iranian researchers have managed to develop a new generation of nanofilters capable of absorbing diesel soot, IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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2019-12-25 19:12
Air pollution choking Iranian cities, some 14,000 hospitalized
TEHRAN – Over the past six days, polluted air in the country sent 13,931 people to hospitals and medical centers due to heart and respiratory problems, Mojtaba Khaledi, Emergency Medical Services Organization spokesman has said.
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2019-12-18 18:51
Government adopts measures to counter air pollution
TEHRAN — The cabinet of minister adopted some measures on Wednesday to counter air pollution in metropolises.
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2019-12-04 21:12
By M.A. Saki
Air pollution and the war of wills
TEHRAN - With the arrival of cold season air pollution spreads its shadow over cities, especially big ones.
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2019-12-04 19:27
Tehran’s air pollution mitigation needs $4 billion
TEHRAN – The Municipality of Tehran has prepared a comprehensive plan to mitigate air pollution in the metropolis, based on which a total budget of 174 trillion rials (nearly $4 billion) is required over the course of four years.
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2019-12-01 18:21
Polluted air in Iran sends over 12,800 citizens to hospitals
TEHRAN – Air pollution has caused respiratory and cardiac problems for residents of big cities of the country over the past few days, sending 12,838 people to hospitals, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Emergency Medical Services Organization said.
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2019-11-29 17:37
Tehran’s football matches postponed as air pollution soars
TEHRAN - Two football matches in Iran Professional League were postponed after the Iranian capital was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution.
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2019-10-20 19:31
Tehran to host Climathon 2019
TEHRAN – Tehran Municipality plans to hold programs in line with Climathon 2019 on October 24-25, looking for optimal solutions for issues such as air pollution and waste management.
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2019-10-13 18:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Choked by air pollution, Shahr-e Rey struggling to survive
TEHRAN – 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.
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2019-09-28 11:38
Tehraners breathe 18 days of foul air in summer: report
TEHRAN – Tehran air quality index (AQI) reached an unhealthy level of pollution for 18 days during summer, according to a report published by the Tehran Air Quality Control Company.
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2019-09-22 19:30
By Faranak Bakhtiari
World Car-Free Day: costly cars, cheap fuel to blame for air pollution
TEHRAN – Air pollution incurs financial loss of about 140 million rials (nearly $3,300) for each family in Iran annually, however both high-priced vehicles and low-cost fuel are to blame for the air pollution severely haunting big cities of the country, said Behzad Ashjaei, secretary of the technical inspection committee of the Department of Environment.
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2019-09-16 19:08
Tehran’s traffic jam drops by 52%
TEHRAN – Traffic congestion in the traffic zones of Tehran has declined by 52 percent over the Iranian calendar month of Mordad (July 23-August 22) compared to the same period last year, according to the data released by the Tehran Traffic Control Company.
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2019-08-17 22:49
Tehran bus fleet delivers 165 million rides within 4 months
TEHRAN – The bus transport system in the metropolis of Tehran has delivered over 165 million rides during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), Tehran bus operating company's managing director Peyman Sanandaji has said.
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2019-08-17 10:52
$20m earmarked to mitigate SDSs in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN - A total budget of 865 billion (nearly $20.5 million) has been allocated to counter sand and dust storms (SDSs) hitting southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi, head of the national working group for SDSs mitigation, has said.