Tehran News

  • Tehran Metro Line 7 Reopens
    Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi reopened Metro Line 7 partially on Saturday. It stops at three stations. 
  • ICHHTO, Tehran Bus Company Planning Norouz Tours
    Tehran 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...
  • Tehran 23rd Most Polluted Capital
    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. IQAir AirVisual...
  • Energy Consumption in Tehran Buildings Untenable
    Largely 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...
  • Tehran Municipality Starts Bike-n-Bus Program
    As 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....
  • Extra Working Hours for Subway, Bus Service
    With 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.  
  • Tehran Municipality Promoting Walking and Bicycling
    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.  
  • Tehran Air Quality Slightly Better in February
    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.tehran....
  • Tehran Home Sales Show 1st Increase in 9 Months
    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 the latest...
  • Half of Tehran BRT Awaiting Renovation
    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 Mayor Hanachi Outlines Urban Transport Plans
    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. Pirouz...
  • Tehran Metro to Reach Parand in SW
    Tehran subway network will expand to the city of Parand in Robat Karim county, southwest of the capital.  
  • Tehran Trying to Curb Chronic Norouz Traffic Congestion
    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 for...
  • Smart Parking Meters for Tehran
    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 parking...
  • New Traffic Scheme in Tehran Detailed
    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 Power Company Getting Ready for Summer
    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 annum...
  • Tehran Mayor Submits New Budget Bill
    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 billion...
  • Provincial Urban Planners Review Tehran Smart City Projects
    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 smart...
  • Tehran Air Quality Jan. Report
    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...
  • Tehran Municipality Subsidizing e-Bikes
    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 Home Sales Fall 60% as Prices Rise 90%
    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...
  • Tehran Taxi Fleet Monitoring Improves
    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...
  • Sharif University, Tehran Municipality Establish Tech Zone
    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...
  • Clean Air & Publicity Stunts: Report
    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.  In...
  • Tehran Municipality’s Fight Against Clunkers
    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....

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