Tehran News

In line with its program for promoting eco-friendly transport, Tehran Municipality will invest 170 billion rials ($1.3 million) to develop biking facilities, a Tehran City councilor said.

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…

After declining for nine consecutive months, home sales in Tehran showed a 39% increase in the Iranian month of Bahman (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) compared with the previous month.  This comes as…

More than half the buses plying the Tehran Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network are dilapidated and add to air pollution in the megalopolis, begging for renovation, head of Tehran Bus Company says.…

Tehran’s mayor on Monday outlined the municipality’s public transportation expansion plans saying that two subway lines now under construction will open partially in the near future.

Tehran subway network will expand to the city of Parand in Robat Karim county, southwest of the capital. In 2016, in a bid to provide subway access to the southwestern areas of the province, a…

With little more than a month before Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays and Tehran’s chromic traffic congestion at unbearable heights, urban authorities have updated a traffic scheme in place…

Smart parking meters are being installed in Tehran’s District 2. Using the smart parking meters and a smartphone app backed by Tehran Municipality, motorists can pay and reserve road-side…

The Tehran Transportation Council has proposed a new plan for curbing traffic and air pollution in central parts of the metropolis, after an arduous debate among environmentalists and urban…

Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi submitted the capital city’s budget for the next fiscal year (March 2019-20) to Tehran City Council on Sunday.  The budget stands at 189.3 trillion rials ($1.57…

To help avoid power outages in summer, Tehran Province Electricity Distribution Company is renovating the power grid, the managing director said. Hossein Sabouri said $3 million is spent per…

Data from Tehran Air Quality Control Company, which monitors stations across the capital, show that during the first month of 2019, residents of the metropolis experienced better air quality…

Urban planners and managers from Fars, East Azarbaijan, Qom, Isfahan, and Khorasan Razavi provinces were in Tehran on Thursday and reviewed projects that seek to transform the capital into a…

As part of efforts to curb air pollution and promote electric motorcycles, Tehran Municipality is offering an incentive to e-bike buyers worth 25 million rials ($208). The price of electric…

Tehran Taxi Organization (TTO) has introduced a project that incorporates radio frequency identification (RFID) network to better monitor the work of cabbies.  RFID technology which uses…

Home sales in Tehran decreased by 59.3% and 1.2% during the 10th Iranian month (Dec. 22, 2018-Jan. 20) compared with the same period of last year and the preceding month, respectively. This was…

Sharif University of Technology and Tehran Municipality are jointly developing an ‘Innovation Zone’ in central Tehran to house startups and emerging technology firms. The zone is built on 250…

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.…

There are 150,000 dilapidated taxis in the country terribly contributing to the worsening air pollution. The figure comprises nearly half the total 360,000 vehicles in the taxi fleet, the head…

Production of the likes of Paykan and Peugeot RD ended years ago but many of these old cars still ply the capital and spew poison in the air, says the Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau…

As per an agreement signed Tuesday between Tehran Municipality, Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co. (RTTE) and local Pars Wagon company in Markazi Province, 367 subway cars will…

Tehran Metro will be extended to Eslamshahr, a working district in the southwest, to help residents commute easier and reduce the traffic congestion. Construction will commence next week. The…

Citizens of Tehran enjoyed the first snowfall on Thursday, which blanketed northern districts of the capital and disrupted traffic on several roads. The neighboring city of Karaj also…

A study of air quality conditions in Tehran shows that the metropolis took easier breath during the last month of 2018 compared to December 2017. Based on data published by Tehran Air Quality…

With the aim of making electric bikes affordable for the people, Tehran’s mayor says talks are underway between the municipality and local startups and knowledge-based companies to boost e-bike…