Environmental Problems in Iran

Almost one-third of heavy-duty vehicles and passenger buses, as well as motorcycles, plying the country’s roads are dilapidated and release toxic fumes into the air, while they hold counterfeit…

The Iranian capital city of Tehran, which has long been notorious for high levels of toxic emissions, is recently breathing ground-level ozone—an uncommon type of air pollution.

After several consecutive months of air quality improvement, the skies of Tehran once again were tainted with pollution in June.  According to data released by Tehran Air Quality Control…

Sustainable development has hardly been a priority in Iran as it is almost always sacrificed at the altar of concerns like creating jobs and boosting industries at any price, not to mention…

Concentration of bad ozone as a known secondary air pollutant is gradually reaching critical levels in Tehran, director of Tehran's Air Quality Control Company was quoted as saying. "Bad ozone…

Iran registered 293 millimeters of rainfall since the beginning of the current water year in September. Precipitation in nearly 7 months rose 200% compared to the same period last year, and 65%…

Iran has been placed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the group of countries where crops face the threat of desert locusts.  This means that the country…

Based on the average yearly PM2.5 concentration, Tehran is ranked as the 23rd most polluted capital in the world by the Swiss-based air quality monitoring company IQAir AirVisual.

Transferring water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau will have severe negative environmental effects, a former member of the World Water Council said.

The water crisis in Iran is a serious concern and neglecting the issue will have irreversible consequences, said the head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture in Tehran…

Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the Majlis has allowed his ministry to borrow €300 million from the National Development Fund of Iran for improve   precautionary measures against…

In February Tehranis had some relief with better air quality compared to the month last year, data from Tehran Air Quality Control Company shows.  Charts published on TAQCC website, airnow…

Over 2.5 million smog-inducing vehicles and dilapidated two-wheelers were fined in 11 months to Feb. 19 in Tehran for violating the air pollution reduction scheme, head of the legal department…

The Department of Environment said a bill calling for scrappage of dilapidated motorcycles has been shelved by the government. Although the bill was ratified by the Majlis last September, local…

The surface area of Gulf of Gorgan is shrinking, satellite imagery by Iran Space Agency shows. Experts with ISA have studied the gulf between 1975 and 2018. The gulf sits along the northern…

From the 4 million motorcycles plying Tehran roads, close to 70% are substandard and excessively polluting, says the head of the Department of Environment. In a talk with Mehr News Agency, Isa…

In a move to help clean polluted air in Karaj, capital of Alborz Province, old and polluting cars have been banned effective as of Friday.

As is customary on the occasion marking National Clean Air Day in Iran on Jan. 19, urban managers and politicians of different stripes try to impress public opinion in more ways than one.…

The air pollution reporting system used in Iran will get an update as soon as the Majlis ratifies changes proposed by the Department of Environment. In a talk with ISNA, Shina Ansari, director…

Collection of associated petroleum gases from oilfields is a priority of the Oil Ministry and according to plans almost 90% of the APG will be collected by 2022, the production manager of…

Carbon emissions in Iran rose drastically between 1990 and 2012, increasing from 283 million tons to 730 million tons.

Isa Kalantari, head of the Department of Environment, revealed the…

A suspicious wildfire swept through the Miankaleh protected area in the east of Mazandaran Province once again and burned at least 50 hectares of vegetation in the area. 

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The drought-stricken southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan will see more days with no or negligible rainfall during the upcoming water year (starts September 23), head of the weather…

To compensate for the widespread drought in Iran, 30 billion cubic meters of seawater should be desalinated and transferred to areas struggling with water shortage, a member of the parliament…

A senior environmental official said the Department of Environment needs the support of other government agencies if it is to effectively rein in the pollution emitted from heavy vehicles in…