Tehran News

Wastewater produced in Behesht Zahra Cemetery where dead bodies including Covid-19 victims are washed does not enter the Tehran sewage collection network, deputy head of the Supervision…

Iran’s Oil Ministry has invested $15 million in Tehran Metro to help expand the capital’s public transportation network, the oil minister wrote on Twitter. Bijan Namdar Zanganeh wrote that the…

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Damavand city in Tehran Province in the early hours of Friday, with tremors felt as far as the capital and Alborz and Mazandaran provinces, causing some residents…

Gas, electricity and water networks in Tehran Province were spared by the earthquake that jolted the capital in the early hours on Friday. The 5.1-magnitude quake struck the densely populated…

Following the recent announcement to expand infrastructure for promoting compressed natural gas use in vehicles by a deputy director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company…

A new technology-oriented university will be established in Tehran’s Pardis Technology Park, based on a contract recently signed between the government and the academia.

The Iranian capital’s residents inhaled less clean air in April compared with the same period of last year, data from Tehran Municipality show. Charts published by Tehran Air Quality Control…

More than 64% respondents to an opinion poll in Tehran said they need government aid amid the coronavirus outbreak. 

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Cost of Living report on the cost of living in 133 cities shows Tehran ranks 106th among the most expensive cities of the world. The ranking has climbed…

A total of 1,243 homes were sold in Tehran during the first month of the current fiscal year (March 20-April 19) to register an 87.8% decline compared to the month before.  In the month…

To expand Tehran’s public transportation system, 500 new buses will be added to the operating fleet by the end of May, a member of Tehran City Council said. Shahrbanou Amani added that the…

Providing decent public transportation services for Tehran’s satellite cities has long been a concern of urban managers, as the population is steadily growing in those areas. Therefore, Tehran…

Low-risk businesses affiliated to Tehran Guild Chamber on Saturday resumed activities as per the Smart Distancing Initiative to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak while minimizing its economic fallout…

While hydroelectric power plants in Tehran Province set a record last year, these are expected to have normal output this year, head of hydropower installations at Tehran Regional Electricity…

The third steam unit of Parand Combined-Cycle Power Plant in south Tehran was connected to the national power network on Thursday, raising total production capacity to 83,800 megawatts, deputy…

President Hassan Rouhani will open three wastewater treatment plants in southwest and west of Tehran Province via video conference this week.  Built at a cost of $30 million, the projects…

Although a large number of people stayed home in self-quarantine as the novel coronavirus rampaged across Iran, official data show Tehran’s residents were exposed to more polluted air in March…

Sections 2 and 3 of a 14.6-kilometer-long freeway connecting the capital city Tehran to Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, were inaugurated on Tuesday.

Power wastage in Tehran was 6.9% in 2018, but has now decreased to 6.5%. According to the Energy Ministry news portal, doing away with malfunctioning equipment, supply lines, utility poles,…

Development of public transportation in the Iranian capital city, Tehran, has turned into a challenge for officials struggling with a budget crunch. However, officials are determined to…

Tehran’s residents have been increasingly using e-payment services for taxi fares, such that cashless payments registered a 30% increase in the past week. This could help limit the spread of…

Water production in Tehran reached 17 million cubic meters per day between February 21 and March 1. According to ILNA, the figure shows a 3.5% rise (500,000 cubic meters/day) compared to same…

Public transportation fares for metro, bus, taxi and minibus will see a 25% rise in the next Iranian year (starting March 20), as per the approval of Tehran City Council on Tuesday.

To link Pardis to Tehran via a subway line, an agreement worth 40 trillion rials ($258 million) has been signed by New Towns Development Company and Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters.…

Although winter is on the way out, Tehran is still struggling with persistent air pollution. With the coronavirus gaining strength in the country, health experts caution that the pollution can…