Tehran News

Tehran wastewater network development is making reasonable progress (77%) and is planned to be launched by 2021, the technical and engineering deputy manager of the National Water and Wastewater…

Tehran Province, wherein lies the capital city, registered an unemployment rate of 12.6% in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19).  The above-mentioned rate is 12.2% for urban areas of the…

The construction material price index for Iran's capital city, Tehran, stood at 313.4 in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) to register a 47.8% increase compared with the year before.

An under-construction subway line in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, will reach the province's western flank at Hashtgerd New Town in a few months, a deputy roads minister said. 

With the start of the fasting month of Ramadan (May 7), timings of Tehran’s traffic schemes have been changed. Brigadier General Mohammad Razeqi, a senior official with Tehran Traffic Police,…

Tehran Taxi Organization is providing tires to taxi drivers at subsidized rates, TTO’s head of public relations said. “Tires are offered to cabbies at the factory price of 3 million rials [$19.…

The Statistical Center of Iran has published its latest report on Tehran’s home and land prices in addition to rents, which indicates a significant increase during the fourth quarter of the last…

Bus, metro and taxi fares in the capital have gone up by 20% after Tehran City Council approved the new rates in a meeting on Sunday. Tehran Taxi Organization Chief Alireza Qannadan said the…

Taxi fares will increase in the capital after the Tehran City Council approves the new rates, head of Iran Taxi Union Morteza Zameni said.  As is the norm, Tehran Municipality every year…

Seven stations along east Tehran metro Line 7 will open  by mid-September, CEO of Tehran Metro Group said. The 27 km line, which connects the northwest to the southeastern regions, is…

Tehran Municipality's tourism office has launched weekly sightseeing tours in walking and biking modes. The tours operate Thursdays free of charge. The plan is in line with TM's efforts to curb…

Tehran Municipality is to roll out a new traffic scheme dubbed Air Pollution Control (APC) in two months. The plan will replace the odd-even rule which was introduced in 2005 and has seemingly…

Latest figures provided by the Planning and Housing Economy Office of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development show the average price of each square meter of a home in Iran's capital city,…

Following talks between Tehran Municipality and Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, special sightseeing bus tours will be held on Fridays throughout the year. …

During the last fiscal (ended in March), over 1.7 million vehicles approached the technical inspection centers in Tehran, the Tehran Vehicle Technical Inspection Bureau said.  The figure…

Tehran Metro Line 6 opened partially on Sunday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani and Mayor Pirouz Hanachi.

Tehran Metro Line 6 is to be partially launched on Sunday. Ali Emam, CEO of Tehran Metro Group told reporters,  “Nine kilometers of Line 6 with 3 stations will be launched on Sunday in the…

Smart parking meters have been installed and activated in Tehran's District 2 in the north-central part of the city. It enables drivers to reserve road-side parking spots and pay online via a…

Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi reopened Metro Line 7 partially on Saturday. It stops at three stations.  With a 15-minute headway between trains, commuters can take the subway from Helal…

Tehran Province accounted for almost half of the foreign exchange allocated for imported goods in the current fiscal, head of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Tehran Province said.…

Tehran led as a province where migrants arrived and left between October 2011 and 2016, the Statistical Center of Iran announced. About 517,000 people migrated to Tehran and 315,000 departed…

Based on the average yearly PM2.5 concentration, Tehran is ranked as the 23rd most polluted capital in the world by the Swiss-based air quality monitoring company IQAir AirVisual.

Largely due to the abundance of oil and gas reserves, little if any importance is given in Iran to optimizing energy consumption.  Iranians, especially profligate consumers in Tehran, use…

As per a pilot program run by Tehran Municipality, the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network has partly been equipped with bike racks for the convenience of cyclists, head of Tehran Bus Company said…

With two weeks before Norouz (Persian New Year) holidays and to help facilitate public transportation, working hours of Tehran Metro line 5 has been extended by one hour. Line 5 connects Tehran…