Tehran News

  • Tehran’s AQI in Fiscal 2022-23
    Air Quality Index was “good” on only four days in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20, 2023), charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s website, Airnow.tehran.ir, show.  The company...
  • Tehran Biogas Power Station Raises Production Capacity
    A biogas power station for units 5 and 6 of South Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tehran was inaugurated on Tuesday. It has two generators for the simultaneous production of electricity and heat...
  • Tehran’s Flawed Urbanization Endangering Water Resources
    Unsustainable urbanization of the sprawling Iranian capital Tehran has endangered water resources in and around the province, a member of Iran Water Industry Federation, a privately-owned...
  • Tehran’s Water Use Reaches Summer Consumption Levels
    Water consumption in Tehran exceeded 46,000 liters per second on Thursday, which is equivalent to the consumption level in the hot days of summer. While water in Tehran dams is at its lowest level...
  • Tehran Housing Market Surveyed
    A total of 12,139 residential homes were sold in the capital city Tehran during the 10th month of the current Iranian year (Dec. 22, 2022-Jan. 20), registering a 9.8% rise from 11,765 in the...
  • Tehran South Wastewater Treatment to Cover 4.2 Million People
    Construction of phases 7 and 8 of the South Wastewater Treatment in Tehran is underway to expand the coverage of the sewage network in Rey County, south of Tehran. The treatment plant includes...
  • Unprecedented Thermal Inversion Grips Tehran 
    The Iranian capital Tehran is being choked by toxic smog as an uncharacteristically prolonged period of temperature inversion has trapped hazardous pollutants near ground. 
  • Tehran’s Water Woes Continue 
    A total of 238 million cubic meters of water are stored in the dams of Tehran Province, which is down 77 mcm compared to this time last year when the figure was 345 mcm, managing director of Tehran...
  • Fivefold Spike in SO2 Pollution in Tehran 
    The 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...
  • School Closures Extended as Severe Smog Persists in Tehran
    The 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...
  • Tehran on Red Smog Alert 
    For 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...
  • Smog to Persist Until Monday in Tehran, Karaj 
    The 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...
  • Tehran, Alborz Schools Go Online Due to Pollution
    The 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...
  • Air Pollution Grips Tehran 
    Alarming 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...
  • Tehran Experiencing Relative Improvement in Air Quality 
    The city of Tehran’s air quality has slightly improved in the first half of autumn compared to the same time period last year, head of Tehran Air Quality Control Company, Mohammad Mahdi Mirzaei...
  • Tehran Water Use Exceeds Summer Peak Consumption
    Water consumption in Tehran hit a record on Friday, exceeding the peak use in summer, Tehran Water and Wastewater Company announced. The citizens of Tehran consumed 46,000 liters per second of...
  • Tehran Water Consumption Still High
    Water consumption in Tehran Province in the first 10 days of fall did not change from the hot summer days and more than 3 billion liters of water were consumed per day. The high volume of water...
  • Tehran’s Air Quality Moderate
    Tehran’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...
  • South Wastewater Treatment Plant of Tehran in Expansion Mode
    The head of State Inspectorate Organization of Iran has asked Tehran Water and Wastewater Company as well as agent banks to accelerate the construction of phases 7 and 8 of the South Wastewater...
  • Tehran Refinery to Build 500-MW Solar Power Station 
    Plans are underway to build a 500-megawatt photovoltaic power station at Tehran’s Oil Refinery Company, the head of the company said. “The refinery is committed to working for a low-carbon future...
  • Sandstorms Close Offices, Education Centers in Several Cities 
    Severe 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.  
  • Tehran Water Capacity Dented by Poor Rainfall, High Consumption
    Daily water consumption in Tehran has exceeded 3.6 million cubic meters, which is unprecedented for this time of the year, the deputy head of Operations Department at Tehran Province Water and...
  • Tehran Emergency Water Supply Project Behind Schedule
    Despite expanding Tehran's water supply network by at least 150 kilometers over the last five years, the plan to install emergency water supply tanks is behind schedule, the head of the state-owned...
  • Schools Shut in Tehran Due to Air Pollution
    The 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...
  • Tehran Air Quality Dismal
    Tehran Air Quality Dismal
    Air quality was “good” for only two days in the past one year (April 21, 2021-April 21), charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s website, Airnow.tehran.ir, show.  The company said...

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