New Scrappage Scheme in the Making in Iran

Having realized that closing schools on unhealthy days and restricting daily trips to the near permanently clogged streets in central Tehran to taxis and a few other exemptions cannot reduce the suffocating air pollution, decision-makers are poised to introduce a new scrappage scheme.
The Department of Environment and the Majlis Industries and Mines Commission have drawn up a plan which requires local carmakers to phase out one clunker for every four new vehicles they sell.