Iran Shuts Down for Two Days Because of ‘Unprecedented Heat’
DUBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Iran has announced Wednesday and Thursday this week will be public holidays because of "unprecedented heat" and told the elderly and people with health conditions to stay indoors, Iranian state media reported.
Many cities...
Large Areas of Iran Suffer Severe Drought; Human Lives At Risk
By Kayhan Life Staff
Entire areas of the northern, north-central, and central provinces of Alborz, Yazd, and Semnan in Iran are affected by severe drought, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said, citing a report...
Toxic Smog: Iran’s Government Criticised for Winter ‘Air Pollution Catastrophe’
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ANALYSIS: Mapping Iran’s Biodiversity Hotspots To Create New Protected Areas
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Earthquake Victims in Northwest Iran Get Poor Emergency Aid
By Kayhan Life Staff
Failure to provide emergency aid to the victims of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Khoi and surrounding villages, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, on Jan. 28 has again exposed...
ANALYSIS: Will Iran’s Climate Inaction Fuel Rising Disaster Threats?
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves that have pushed temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius...
Tehran Abstains on UN Resolution on the Right to a Clean Environment
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Tehran Grants Bail to British-Iranian Environmentalist on Security Charges – Lawyer
DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) - Iran has granted bail to British-Iranian environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who has been convicted of security offences, his lawyer was quoted as saying by the semi-official ILNA news agency on Wednesday.
The report came a...
Iran Can Prevent Water Scarcity Predicted by UN Agency, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran will face water stress by 2025 and water scarcity by 2040, the Tehran-based Hamshahri newspaper reported on June 26, quoting Dr. Abbasali Nobakht, the newly appointed head of the Natural...
The Struggle to Save Iraq’s Last Persian Leopards
By Charlotte Bruneau and Mohammed Jalal
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, April 21 (Reuters) - Tying a camera trap around a tree trunk on Bamo mountain in Iraq's Kurdistan region, brothers Bahez and Nabaz Farooq Ali hope to...
