Iran’s President Rouani: Environmental issues are ‘extra-national, extra-regional’
PayvandNews - Iranian President Hassan Rohani said on Monday that environmental issues are "extra-national and extra-regional challenges", noting regional wars have…
Environment
Six metropolises, 289 cities in Iran facing water stress
PayvandNews - Six metropolises of Isfahan, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Shiraz, Kerman, and Mashhad and 289 other cities in Iran are currently…
Iran to hold international conference on combating sand storms
PayvandNews - Iran is organizing a three-day international conference on combating sand and dust storms in July, with participation of representatives from…
Iran to divert water from Gulf of Oman inwards
PayvandNews - Iran says it is implementing a landmark project to divert water from the Gulf of Oman to its…
Why dust storms still suffocate Iran’s Khuzestan province
Al-monitor - A massive influx of dust storms in recent weeks has once again paralyzed Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan.…
Iran’s priciest export at risk
Al-monitor - With Iran to its south and Russia to its north and west, the Caspian Sea is not only…
Iran’s budget bill proposes $125M to deal with dust storms
PayvandNews - The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018) has proposed a budget of…
Rohani Visits Ahvaz Following Days Of Protest
RFL/RE - Iran's President Hassan Rohani says his government has taken measures to prevent further water-supply problems in the southwestern…
Budget deficit could do irreparable damage to Lake Urmia
PayvandNews - Officials in charge of Lake Urmia restoration program have said the government has not allocated budget to the…
PHOTOS: Iranians Protest Air Pollution, Water Cuts In Ahvaz
PayvandNews - Photos by Ali Mohammadi, ISNA Demonstrators took the streets of the western Iranian city of Ahvaz on February 13…