Tehran News

  • Limited Entry for Bikes on Tehran Subway
    Bikers can take their bicycles on the subway during specified times as of Tuesday, in the newest move announced by Tehran Municipality to facilitate public and clean transportation for all....
  • $105m for Expanding Tehran Public Transport
    Tehran Municipality has signed an agreement with Omid Entrepreneurship Fund to allocate 12.5 trillion rials ($105 million) in cheap loans for the expansion of public transportation system in the...
  • Tehran Subway Improving Passenger Mobility
    Endeavors to expand Tehran subway have led to new developments in the southern and southeastern parts of the network. According to Ali Emam, Tehran Metro's CEO, the Rah-Ahan Station on Line 3 of...
  • Tehran Municipality: Traffic Scheme Revenues Used for Subway Network Development
    Tehran Municipality is using revenues from traffic schemes for financing the capital’s subway network expansion. The municipality’s Transportation and Traffic Organization chief said that since...
  • Tehran Metro to Reach Pardis
    Topographic studies have been started to link the capital’s satellite city of Pardis to Tehran’s subway network, the governor of Pardis said. According to Abdolazim Rezaei, Tehran-Pardis subway...
  • Another Innovation Center to Help Support Knowledge-Based Firms
    Urban authorities, tech enthusiasts and startup owners gathered in Tehran on Monday to discuss smart solutions for overhauling location-based urban services. Titled InnoTehran, a portmanteau made...
  • Ozone Pollution Suffocating Tehran
    The Iranian capital city of Tehran, which has long been notorious for high levels of toxic emissions, is recently breathing ground-level ozone—an uncommon type of air pollution. Scientific studies...
  • Tehran Municipality Promoting Cleaner Modes of Transportation
    The local bike-sharing startup Bdood has set up 50 bicycle stations in Tehran. The announcement was made on the sidelines of Iran’s Second Specialized Urban Bicycle Exhibition and Sustainable...
  • Tehran Taps Tech Firms for Subway Car Production
    To develop Tehran’s subway network, a multilateral contract has been signed to involve domestic knowledge-based companies in the production of rolling stock.  Early this week, a deal was signed by...
  • Pollutants Return to Haunt Tehran’s Skies
    After several consecutive months of air quality improvement, the skies of Tehran once again were tainted with pollution in June.  According to data released by Tehran Air Quality Control Company,...
  • Tehran Water Consumption Soaring
    Water consumption in Tehran surged by 5% in the past three months (March 21 to June 21) compared to the corresponding period last year, the managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater...
  • Private Investors Eager to Fund New Tehran Subway Extension
    Private investors have expressed willingness to fund the extension of Tehran Metro to District 22 in the western flank of the capital. Early this week, Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei, managing director...
  • Tehran Fire Department Seeks Technological Assistance
    Tehran Fire Department has called on technology firms to devise smart solutions and products to help the department upgrade its rescue services and equipment.   
  • Smart Parking Meters Launched in Capital’s in Tehran
    Smart parking meters became operational in Tehran's District 2 on Saturday, an official of Tehran Municipality’s Transportation and Traffic Organization said. Vahid Sarlak added that the plan...
  • New Tehran Traffic Scheme Takes Off
    A new scheme for tackling traffic and air pollution in the central parts of the Iranian capital was inaugurated on Saturday, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and Traffic Organization...
  • Smart Parking Meters to Become Operational in July
    Smart parking meters will become operational in Tehran's District 2 by early July, an official of Tehran Municipality’s Transportation and Traffic Organization said. Vahid Sarlak added that smart...
  • 4 Million Polluting Clunkers Fined in Tehran
    Over four million smog-inducing vehicles and dilapidated two-wheelers were fined in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019) in Tehran for violating the Air Pollution Reduction scheme, the head...
  • New Traffic Scheme for Tehran
    A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and Traffic Organization says. Mohsen...
  • Bad Ozone Reaching Critical Levels in Tehran
    Concentration of bad ozone as a known secondary air pollutant is gradually reaching critical levels in Tehran, director of Tehran's Air Quality Control Company was quoted as saying. "Bad ozone,...
  • Sightseeing Tours Launched in East Tehran
    Tehran Municipality has launched sightseeing tours in and around Sorkheh Hesar National Park in east Tehran to promote tourism in the area.  
  • 4th Bicycle Lane Launched in Tehran
    Tehran Municipality has launched a new bike lane in the capital's District 7 in line with its program for promoting eco-friendly transportation.  This brings the number of biking lanes in the...
  • Tehran Metro Plans Four New Extensions
    Tehran’s subway network is to expand in four new directions after the under-construction lines are completed, a municipal authority said. According to Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei, managing director of...
  • Tehran Air Quality Improves Slightly in May
    The residents of Iranian capital had some relief as air quality improved slightly in May compared with the corresponding month of last year, data released by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show...
  • Tehran Metro Expansion Plans on Track
    Two stations along the eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will open in a month, the CEO of Tehran Metro Group said. Ali Emam added that the new stations, namely Mohammadieh and Basij on the...
  • Sixth Mobile Vehicle Inspection Unit for Tehran
    A new mobile vehicle inspection unit has been launched in west Tehran, increasing the number of mobile inspection centers to six, Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau announced. Navab...

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