Tehran News
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March 16,2019Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi reopened Metro Line 7 partially on Saturday. It stops at three stations. -
March 13,2019Tehran Bus Company is in talks with Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization to start Tehran sightseeing tours during the two-week Norouz (Persian New Year) holiday season...
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March 13,2019Based 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. IQAir AirVisual...
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March 11,2019Largely due to the abundance of oil and gas reserves, little if any importance is given in Iran to optimizing energy consumption. Iranians, especially profligate consumers in Tehran, use energy...
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March 09,2019As per a pilot program run by Tehran Municipality, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network has partly been equipped with bike racks for the convenience of cyclists, head of Tehran Bus Company said....
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March 04,2019With two weeks before Norouz (Persian New Year) holidays and to help facilitate public transportation, working hours of Tehran Metro line 5 has been extended by one hour.
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March 04,2019In 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.
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March 02,2019In 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.tehran....
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February 27,2019After 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 the latest...
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February 27,2019More 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....
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February 25,2019Tehran’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. Pirouz...
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February 18,2019Tehran subway network will expand to the city of Parand in Robat Karim county, southwest of the capital.
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February 16,2019With 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 for...
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February 06,2019Smart 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 parking...
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February 04,2019The 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...
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February 03,2019Tehran 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 billion...
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February 03,2019To 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 annum...
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February 01,2019Urban 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 smart...
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February 02,2019Data 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...
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January 28,2019As 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...
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January 23,2019Home 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...
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January 23,2019Tehran 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...
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January 20,2019Sharif 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...
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January 19,2019As 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. In...
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January 16,2019Production 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....
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