Half Million Drivers Fined 

Since the beginning of the current year that ends in March, 500,000 drivers were slapped with fines for driving vehicles without technical inspection labels, said Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Mehmandar, traffic police chief of Tehran Province. Technical testing of vehicles is mandatory every year. “During the period, 1,500 drivers who manipulated numbers on their vehicle registration plates to enter restricted areas on odd or even dates, were also fined and sent to judicial courts for violating the laws,” he added, salamatnews.com reported.