Tehran News

After 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…

With 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…

Higher 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…

Seven spring fairs will be held in Tehran from March 4-14, says deputy governor of Tehran for economic affairs coordination.

Providing 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…

The 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…

Tehran 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…

Tehran’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…

The 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…

Two 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…

The 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…

Tehran 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. “The dams are…

An 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…

Esfahan 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…

An 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…

President 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…

Autumn 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…

The 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…

Half 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 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…

A 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.…

On 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…

The 3rd Smart Tehran Congress, which kicked off at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Monday, was attended by policymakers, urban managers and tech aficionados.

The Third Smart Tehran Congress is to kick off at the iconic Milad Tower in Tehran on Monday.  The two-day event is to gather urban managers, ICT policymakers and tech experts.

Air pollution has become a source of serious concern to the Iranian capital’s residents in the absence of workable solutions, Tehran’s Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said while detailing plans to curb the…