Tehran News

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…

Urban authorities, tech enthusiasts and startup owners gathered in Tehran on Monday to discuss smart solutions for overhauling location-based urban services.

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…

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.

To develop Tehran’s subway network, a multilateral contract has been signed to involve domestic knowledge-based companies in the production of rolling stock. 

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…

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…

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…

Tehran Fire Department has called on technology firms to devise smart solutions and products to help the department upgrade its rescue services and equipment.  Mehdi Davari, the head of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tehran Municipality has launched sightseeing tours in and around Sorkheh Hesar National Park in east Tehran to promote tourism in the area. An electric open-sided minibus, with a capacity of 15…

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…

Tehran’s subway network is to expand in four new directions after the under-construction lines are completed, a municipal authority said.

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…

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…

A Tehran city councilor voiced his opposition to the import of secondhand buses, which has been proposed as an option to renovate the aging transportation fleet in the capital.

In an effort to expand landline telephone services in Tehran, six telecommunications centers have undergone cord renovation since May 18.

In an effort to expand the aging public transportation system in the capital, Tehran Bus Company plans to add 117 new minibuses to the fleet in six months. According to Peiman Sanandaji, the…

The eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will become operational in the current Iranian year (started March 21), CEO of Tehran Metro Group says.

As per a mandate issued by Tehran’s mayor, part of the money collected from traffic fines is to be spent on the expansion of the capital’s public transportation system. Tehran Mayor Pirouz…