Tehran News
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March 04,2020Public 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. -
March 04,2020To 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....
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March 02,2020Although 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...
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March 02,2020After torrential rains in Tehran last week, potable water in Karaj and Latyan Dams became terribly muddy and water treatment plants stopped working for 14 hours, managing director of Tehran...
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March 01,2020With 170 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the northern province of Tehran, the most populated province has now taken the place of Qom as the epicenter of the rapid outbreak in Iran...
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February 28,2020Higher precipitation in recent days has not defused Tehran’s water crisis that continues to worsen, head of the Base Studies Department in the provincial water company said. “Average rainfall in...
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February 17,2020Seven spring fairs will be held in Tehran from March 4-14, says deputy governor of Tehran for economic affairs coordination. According to Mohammad Emami Amin, the fairs will offer essential goods...
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February 05,2020Providing decent public transportation services has always been a major concern of urban managers. Now that the draft budget bill for the fiscal 2020-21 has determined the financial resources for...
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February 03,2020Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi submitted the budget for the next fiscal year (March 2020-21) to the capital city’s Islamic City Council on Sunday. “The ceiling set for next year’s budget is 302...
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February 03,2020The increasing number of dilapidated vehicles plying the streets, ineffective remedial schemes, inefficient urban management and climate change effects have made living and breathing in an...
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February 01,2020The general price index of construction materials for residential units in Tehran stood at 422 in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21), according to the Statistical...
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February 01,2020Tehran’s Traffic Police announced that the Air Pollution Control scheme, currently underway in the capital, will most probably undergo some modifications in the new Iranian year (starting March 20...
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January 31,2020Two solar power plants in Rey and Damavand counties of Tehran Province were inaugurated Tuesday. A 12.7 megawatt solar power plant in Shahr-e-Rey City in the south and an 8.4 MW photovoltaic power...
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January 26,2020The Statistical Center of Iran has published its latest figures concerning building permits issued in Tehran as well as throughout the country during the second quarter of the current fiscal year...
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January 19,2020Tehran dams presently have 634 million cubic meters of water, up 85 million cubic meters compared to this time last year, managing director of Tehran Regional Water Company said.
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January 17,2020An official with Tehran Municipality criticized local communication operators said the quality of landline internet services needs to be enhanced in the capital. Farhoud Kazemi also spoke with...
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January 15,2020Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed an agreement with Tehran Metro Company for providing 800 tons of rails to boost the development of urban and intercity railroads. The deal was signed Monday...
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January 14,2020An estimated 1.5 billion cubic meters of water is consumed in Tehran Province annually, of which 25% or 30 million cubic meters/year is used by households that illegally tap into the water mains...
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December 30,2019President Hassan Rouhani is to inaugurate Hashtgerd Subway Station in Alborz Province on Tuesday. Habibollah Taherkhani, a deputy roads minister, said the line has undergone all the trials, its...
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December 21,2019Autumn ended on Saturday, but the thick blanket of atmospheric pollution and toxic dust shrouds the skies of the capital city Tehran, once again forcing the shutdown of schools. Iran...
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December 18,2019The inefficient public transportation network in the Iranian capital has been repeatedly blamed for exacerbating Tehran’s suffocating air pollution, which recently hit the emergency level. The...
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December 18,2019In a renewed push to go green, the first phase of a carbon dioxide recycling plant was launched in Rey County (south Tehran) near Tehran Oil Refinery. Masoud Ahmadi, managing director of the...
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December 18,2019Half of the residents of Tehran Province falls into the top income deciles of eight, nine and 10, so they are not eligible for Livelihood Assistance Program—the government’s recent cash payment in...
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December 16,2019A suffocating haze, consisting of dust and smoke particles, blanketed Tehran and forced 1,051 citizens to rush to medical centers on Saturday, Emergency Services Organization announced. According...
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December 10,2019On Monday, Tehran Municipality gathered urbanists, tech aficionados and communication policymakers for a two-day event dubbed Smart Tehran Confab that was certainly not smart, as what was...
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