Tehran experiences clean, healthy air for 102 days

TEHRAN – According to the Air Quality Control Company, 102 days of clean and good air quality have been reported in the capital since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21).

By Faranak Bakhtiari

High ozone brings serious air pollution to Tehran’s summer

TEHRAN – 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.

Excellent, good air quality for 52 days in Tehran

TEHRAN – According to the Air Quality Control Company, 52 days of clean and healthy air quality have been reported in the capital since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

Tehran experienced excellent, good air quality for 306 days last year

TEHRAN – According to the Air Quality Control Company, Tehran’s air quality was good and excellent for 306 days during the last Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended March 20).

Clean air days double for Tehraners this year

TEHRAN – Tehrani citizens have experienced a 2-fold rise in the number of clean air days since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2018) compared to the same period last year, an official with Department of Environment has said.

‘Startups can raise public awareness on air quality’

TEHRAN – Startups can raise awareness of people about the importance of air quality, Reihaneh Vahidian, the assistant director of the Information Technology Organization of Iran, said.

14 days of clean air quality for Tehran 

TEHRAN — Tehraners have breathed clean air for 14 days over the current year (Starting on March 21), Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

Tehran air quality improves compared to last year

TEHRAN — Air quality in Tehran has improved in the current [Iranian calendar] year (started on March 21) so far compared to the last year, Masoud Zandi, head of the national center for air quality and climate change affiliated with the Department of Environment, has said.

Intense PM pollution haunting 5 cities in western Iran

TEHRAN – Severe and large-scale particulate matter (PM) pollution heading for 10 times above the safe levels has affected five cities of Kermanshah province in western part of the country, the provincial department of environment chief has said.

Tehrani citizens enjoy best air quality in 8 years

TEHRAN – Air quality in Tehran was the best in the first month of autumn this year compared to the past eight years, the head of the National Climate Center at the Department of Environment announced on Thursday.

Tehran air quality best in 3 years

TEHRAN — Air quality in Tehran was the best in summer 2017 compared to the past two years.

Tehran experiences good air quality for 20 days in a row

TEHRAN — Tehran’s air quality has been good since April 16 and fortunately cars could not negatively affect the air quality for the last 20 days, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

Dust storm, public utility outage spark protests in Ahwaz

TEHRAN — Recurrent periods of suffocating dust storms, lately accompanied by crippling power and water supply cuts, have provoked public protests in the city of Ahwaz, southwestern province of Khuzestan.

Tehran enjoys cleanest air of past five years in March-September 2016

TEHRAN — Tehran enjoyed the cleanest air of the past five years in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21, 2016), Tehran Air Quality Control Company spokeswoman Leila Nazari said.