Tehran News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Iranian capital Tehran is being choked by toxic smog as an uncharacteristically prolonged period of temperature inversion has trapped hazardous pollutants near ground. 

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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 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…

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…

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.…

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…

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-…

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…

Water consumption in Tehran reached a peak of 3.2 billion liters per day between March 6 and April 16, up 90% compared with the same period of last year, the deputy for water and hydropower…

Tehran Province, wherein lies the capital city, saw the lowest unemployment rate of 6% among all Iranian provinces in the fourth quarter of last Iranian year (Dec. 22, 2021-March 20) while East…