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2022-05-17 17:56
Iran to mark World Environment Week 2022
TEHRAN – The national environment week will be celebrated on June 6-12 under the theme of “People-based, smart and technological environment”, concurrent with the World Environment Day 2022, IRIB reported on Wednesday.
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2022-05-16 22:40
Iran asks West Asian countries to take environmental problems seriously
TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says environment in West Asia is in a situation that everyone must take seriously.
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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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2022-05-04 16:45
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Desertification and how to deal with it
Desertification comes majorly from overexploitation of underground water resources and contamination of water through releasing industrial and agricultural waste into the environment.
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2022-04-23 13:08
Macron and Le Pen proposing two very different futures for France
Macron v Le Pen and two visions for France
As French voters decide on Sunday which of the two will lead their country, what are their rival plans for the next five years?
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2022-04-11 17:19
Iran to host neighboring countries to solve environmental problems
TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) will host a meeting of officials from neighboring countries in the near future to strengthen and develop regional environmental relations.
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2022-03-26 11:07
Textbooks to be enriched with environmental subjects
TEHRAN – Lessons with environmental contents will be included in twelve textbooks with the aim of increasing awareness among students regarding the issue of environmental protection, an official with the Ministry of Education has said.
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2022-03-01 18:08
Environment should not be sacrificed for political gain: DOE chief
TEHRAN – Ali Salajegheh, Department of Environment chief, has said that the environment should not be sacrificed for political gain.
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2022-02-26 17:10
Tehran hosting intl. exhibitions on environment, waste management
TEHRAN – The 3rd International Exhibition on Waste Management, Recycling, Municipal Services, and Related Industries (IWEX 2022) and the 19th International Exhibition on Environment opened on Saturday at Tehran Permanent International Fairground.
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2022-01-12 21:59
By M.A. Saki
Gradual encouraging moves to use natural gas efficiently
TEHRAN - To reduce consumption of natural gas by households in cold seasons there are signs in Tehran metro that instructs citizens to keep the temperature in houses between 18-21 degrees and that the natural gas is not “infinite”.
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2022-01-10 17:31
UN official calls for enhanced environmental cooperation with Iran
TEHRAN - UN Resident Coordinator in Iran, Stefan Priesner, has called for boosting cooperation with Iran in the field of environment.
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2021-12-12 12:04
By M.A. Saki
Steps needed to take in the crop year
TEHRAN - Like the past years farmers are preparing to cultivate water-intensive crops that are mostly fed by ground waters. This is mostly noticeable in lands used to grow rice and onion.
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2021-11-22 16:56
Lake Urmia volume increased by 30m cubic meters
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2021-11-19 17:19
Environment precedes development, Raisi says
TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted the importance of environmental protection, emphasizing that the preservation of the environment is prior to every development.
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2021-11-19 17:18
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Coronavirus: an opportunity or a threat to the environment?
TEHRAN – Coronavirus is a double-edged sword for the environment so that at the beginning of the epidemic, it gave new life to the environment, but over time, the situation reversed and got worse than before, as 8.6 million tons of plastic waste have been produced in the world.
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2021-11-10 17:38
Iran says committed to Paris Agreement ‘if all sanctions are lifted’
TEHRAN – Department of Environment chief Ali Salajegheh has said that the country is committed to obligations of the Paris Agreement if all sanctions against the country are lifted.
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2021-11-09 17:49
Sanctions spoil right to healthy environment, official says
TEHRAN – The third generation of human rights emphasizes the right to development for all human societies and a healthy environment for all human beings, and sanctions by the powers spoil this right, Mohammad Mojabi, chairman of the environment committee at the Expediency Council, has said.
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2021-11-08 16:52
“Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104
TEHRAN – Mahlaqa Mallah, known as the “mother of Iran’s environment” for dedicating her life to protecting the environment, passed away at the age of 104 on Monday.
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2021-10-29 16:51
Knowledge-based firms serve to protect environment
TEHRAN – Innovation of knowledge-based and creative companies serves to preserve and protect the environment, Sourena Sattari, vice president for science and technology, has said.
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2021-10-09 22:40
By M.A. Saki
Challenges facing new environment chief
Salajegheh will not succeed if he is not fully backed
TEHRAN-- Ali Salajegheh, the new chief of the Department of Environment (DOE), must grapple with serious, difficult, and even sensitive issues.
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2021-10-08 19:00
Keep the environment away from politics: DOE chief
TEHRAN – Ali Salajegheh, the Department of Environment chief, has urged the world to avoid politicization of the environment, but to uphold the globally recognized “common but differentiated responsibilities”.
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2021-08-15 13:02
Senior analyst says Raisi government should adopt new strategy in face of problems
TEHRAN – Hossein Alaei, an expert on strategic affairs, has suggested that the new administration of Ebrahim Raisi to devise new strategy for challenges facing the country.
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2021-08-08 17:23
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Protecting the environment with renewable energy
TEHRAN – Today, the use of renewable energy such as wind is one of the main options for energy production in the world, Iran should produce a thousand megawatts of wind energy per year, according to the Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (2016-2021).
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2021-06-09 17:55
Environmental stamps exhibition underway in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Department of Environment opened a stamp exhibition titled ‘half a century of Iran's ecosystem protection’ in Tehran on Monday to mark the occasion of World Environment Day.
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2021-03-05 15:41
Ayatollah Khamenei urges all to prevent ‘great blight’ to environment
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday warned against “the great blight” to the ongoing process of environmental degradation, urging both people and officials to resist natural resource destruction.
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2021-02-17 18:07
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Towards higher energy efficiency
TEHRAN - Cities are ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pre-existing structural weaknesses. As we respond and work towards recovery, we look to our cities as hubs of the community, human innovation, and ingenuity.
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2021-02-16 17:38
Tehran meeting highlights ‘inseparable link between wetlands and life’
TEHRAN- On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of signing the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, a ceremony was held on Tuesday at the Department of Environment to emphasize the need for protecting wetlands as they play a key role in life of societies.
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2021-02-13 17:34
Defense, agriculture ministries join hands to protect environment
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation in the field of environmental protection, IRIB reported on Saturday.
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2020-12-29 17:43
Environment’s share of national budget rises significantly
TEHRAN – The national budget bill for the next calendar year (starting on March 20, 2021) has proposed 12 trillion rials (around $292 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) for the Department of Environment, a nearly twofold increase compared to the current year’s budget of 6.38 trillion rials (nearly $151 million).
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2020-11-06 19:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
War footprint never fades away from nature
TEHRAN – When a war occurs, casualties and destruction come to mind first, while one of the main victims of this human phenomenon is the environment because the effects of war on nature never fade away and can be seen in the food cycle and nature for a long time.