Iran’s capital suffocating amid blame game over pollution
Al-Monitor - Thick and stubborn clouds of hazardous emissions have blanketed the Iranian capital, Tehran, for four weeks in a…
Environment
Taxi Drivers of Tehran: We Can’t Breathe
Iranwire - Deteriorating air quality in Tehran has recently been making headlines. Recently, on some days the level of contaminants…
Air Pollution Could Mean New Spike in Covid Cases
Iranwire.com - Every Saturday, the National Coronavirus Taskforce reports the level of coronavirus alert in Iranian cities. During the last…
Storms Kill 12 Climbers in Iran; Capsized Ship Crew Missing in Persian Gulf
VOA - Heavy snowfall has killed 12 climbers in mountains north of Iran's capital, Tehran, while rough waters capsized a…
Catastrophic quality of food and drinking water in Great Tehran Penitentiary
Iran-HRM - Reports from the Great Tehran Penitentiary indicate that the food quality in that prison is catastrophic. Prisoners cannot…
Magnitude-4.5 Quake Strikes Northwestern Iran
Radiofarda - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 struck northwestern Iran, near the border with Turkey, state media reported.The…
How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement
nationalgeographic.com - Just a few decades ago, Iran boasted the greenest government in the Middle East. An expansive national park…
Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged
(HRW) – Iranian judiciary authorities are prosecuting human rights defenders for reporting abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September…
Water donation campaign to help ease drought in four provinces of Iran
PayvandNews - The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will launch a campaign for the third time to solicit public donations…
Over 20 Asiatic cheetahs sighted in north-central Iran
PayvandNews - Twenty-one Asiatic cheetahs have been observed in the north-central province of Semnan since the beginning of the current…