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May 15, 2021 17:31
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June 19,2019In the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019), from the total of 17,183 road fatalities recorded in the country, close to 21.8% were motorcyclists, Iranian Legal Medicine Organization reports.... -
June 17,2019Over four million smog-inducing vehicles and dilapidated two-wheelers were fined in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019) in Tehran for violating the Air Pollution Reduction scheme, the head...
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June 15,2019Reckless motorists who repeatedly violate traffic rules in Tehran will have to pass a mandatory training course on driving and traffic rules. This is part of a new measure undertaken by Tehran...
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June 12,2019As is the case in almost all Iranian metropolises, Qom has its fair share of smog-inducing and dilapidated public transportation vehicles. Abbas Zakerian, director of Transportation and Traffic...
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June 12,2019Tehran Municipality has launched sightseeing tours in and around Sorkheh Hesar National Park in east Tehran to promote tourism in the area.
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June 10,2019Tehran Municipality has launched a new bike lane in the capital's District 7 in line with its program for promoting eco-friendly transportation. This brings the number of biking lanes in the...
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June 08,2019Tehran’s subway network is to expand in four new directions after the under-construction lines are completed, a municipal authority said. According to Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei, managing director of...
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May 29,2019Two stations along the eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will open in a month, the CEO of Tehran Metro Group said. Ali Emam added that the new stations, namely Mohammadieh and Basij on the...
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May 27,2019Motorcycle and Automobile Club of Aras Free Trade Industrial Zone (AFZ) is to host a 400-meter drag racing event at the zone on June 6-7.
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May 25,2019The number of deaths in road accidents during Norouz, the Iranian New Year holiday season (March 21-April 2), fortunately dropped compared with the same period of last year. Statistics released by...
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May 25,2019The completion of lines 6 and 7 of Tehran’s subway network will cost 67 trillion rials ($478 million), CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company says. In a talk with YJC, Ali Emam added...
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May 25,2019The recent economic headwinds facing the country have put an end to a state-backed scheme to renovate Iran's intercity bus fleet, the head of Iran's Intercity Transportation Union says.
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May 22,2019Children under 10 years constitute 13% of road traffic fatalities in Iran, the national Traffic Police chief said. General Kamal Hadianfar added that fatal car crashes claim an average of 46...
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May 20,2019A Tehran city councilor voiced his opposition to the import of secondhand buses, which has been proposed as an option to renovate the aging transportation fleet in the capital. During a meeting...
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May 18,2019The eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will become operational in the current Iranian year (started March 21), CEO of Tehran Metro Group says. Ali Emam added that 10 stations along the eastern...
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May 15,2019As per a mandate issued by Tehran’s mayor, part of the money collected from traffic fines is to be spent on the expansion of the capital’s public transportation system.
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May 13,2019In line with efforts to renovate public transportation fleet in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2019), 4,000 vehicles have been phased out in Mashhad, the central city of Khorasan Razavi...
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May 11,2019An under-construction subway line in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, will reach the province's western flank at Hashtgerd New Town in a few months, a deputy roads minister said.
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May 08,2019With the start of the fasting month of Ramadan (May 7), timings of Tehran’s traffic schemes have been changed.
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May 04,2019Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization present a worrisome picture of road fatalities. Over 17,000 people lost their lives in road mishaps in the last fiscal year (ended March...
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April 29,2019Bus, metro and taxi fares in the capital have gone up by 20% after Tehran City Council approved the new rates in a meeting on Sunday.
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April 27,2019Taxi fares will increase in the capital after the Tehran City Council approves the new rates, head of Iran Taxi Union Morteza Zameni said.
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April 22,2019Traffic accidents are responsible for almost 30% of deaths among young people, the Ministry of Health announced.
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April 24,2019Seven stations along east Tehran metro Line 7 will open by mid-September, CEO of Tehran Metro Group said. The 27 km line, which connects the northwest to the southeastern regions, is built for 25...
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April 22,2019Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, affiliated to the Agriculture Ministry, had warned Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization about the disastrous...
