Air Pollution in Tehran
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January 04,2023The Iranian capital Tehran is being choked by toxic smog as an uncharacteristically prolonged period of temperature inversion has trapped hazardous pollutants near ground. -
December 20,2022The burning of sulfur-containing fuels by industries located near or inside the capital Tehran has led to a three to five times surge in SO2 pollution, Abbas Shahsavani, head of the Health Ministry...
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December 17,2022The Iran Meteorological Organization warned that air quality was worsening in the capital Tehran and the nearby metropolitan city of Karaj as an emergency task force convened to take appropriate...
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December 14,2022For the 8th consecutive day, Tehran was engulfed by hazardous airborne pollutants as the Air Quality Index hit the red zone and surged to an average of 165 on a scale of 500 on Wednesday, unhealthy...
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December 10,2022The capital Tehran and the nearby metropolitan city of Karaj have been blanketed by a cloud of toxic smog and the adverse conditions are likely to persist until Monday, a senior official with the...
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November 22,2022The air pollution emergency workgroups of Tehran and Alborz Provinces announced that all school levels will be held on-line on Wednesday due to poor air quality, except for Tehran’s three counties...
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November 13,2022Alarming levels of air pollution in the capital Tehran and the prospect of worsening air quality over the next few days prompted authorities to advise against outdoor activities and place the...
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August 27,2022Tehran’s air quality was moderate on Aug. 25 with an index of 98 at 11 a.m. The air quality measuring devices indicated that the status of air quality index was good at five stations, namely the...
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July 04,2022Severe sandstorms hit several cities, including the capital Tehran, on Sunday evening, shutting summer schools, offices and all educational centers in the affected areas on the following day.
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May 18,2022President Ebrahim Raisi instructed the Department of Environment to engage in dialogue with neighboring countries in cooperation with the Foreign Ministry to work toward a viable solution to...
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May 08,2022The province of Tehran’s local officials made a belated decision to close kindergartens and elementary schools on Sunday morning to protect children from a thick smog of pollution hanging in the...
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February 09,2022Air quality was “good” for only four days in the past one year (February 2021-22), charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s website, Airnow.tehran.ir, show. Also, 251 days turned...
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December 06,2021The removal of sulfur compounds from mazut is vital to reducing air pollution, the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company’s deputy for environmental affairs said. “If the Oil Ministry supplies power...
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December 01,2021Air quality monitoring stations around the capital city show residents took a heavier breath in November compared with October and the corresponding month of last year. Charts regularly published...
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October 01,2021Air quality monitoring stations in the Tehran metropolis showed that its residents inhaled more clean air in September compared to a month ago, as ozone pollution waned. According to Tehran Air...
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August 31,2021Air quality control stations in the capital city of Tehran have recorded better air quality in August compared to the year-ago month. According to charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control...
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June 30,2021With the beginning of the hot season, the concentration of ground level ozone is on the rise in Tehran, Tehran Municipality’s data show. According to charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control...
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June 02,2021The residents of Iranian capital inhaled less polluted air in May compared with the same period of last year, Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s data show. However, charts published by TAQCC...
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May 01,2021Citizens of Iran's capital Tehran inhaled more poisonous air in April than in the same month of the previous year, data released by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show. Charts published on...
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April 10,2021The residents of Iranian capital breathed in more polluted air in March compared with the corresponding month of last year, data released by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show. Charts...
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February 01,2021The hand of nature, rain and wind, has pushed away the suffocating blanket of smog that had covered Tehran, making air in January a tad cleaner compared to the previous month. Based on the data...
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January 27,2021Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology has launched a joint initiative with the University of Tehran for converting diesel- and gas-powered buses currently operating in the capital city...
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January 06,2021With air pollution hovering above emergency levels in Tehran amid news of widespread low-quality mazut use in power stations, bureaucrats are scapegoating the public and waging blame games. Iran’s...
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January 02,2021Tehran has been suffocating under a blanket of smog over the past several days, as urban managers faced the public ire over their inaction. In a meeting held on Friday, Abdolreza Cheraghali a...
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December 02,2020Air quality monitoring stations around the capital city show residents took an easier breath in November compared with the corresponding month of 2019. Based on data published by Tehran Air...
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