In Iran, Air Pollution Caused 27,000 Deaths Last Year, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Air pollution has caused the deaths of thousands of Iranians since March 2023, Mehdi Pirhadi, the Chair of the Health, Environment and Urban Services Commission of Tehran City Council, said recently.
Mr....
Iran’s Zagros Mountains Face Water Shortage, Threatening Wildlife, Plants
Vegetation covering the Zagros Mountains forest steppe has rapidly shrunk in the past 40 years because of water shortage and severe drought, ILNA (Iranian Labor News Agency) has reported citing Isa Kalantari, the head...
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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Some 270 Iranian Cities Are Experiencing Severe Water Shortage, Officials Say
By Kayhan Life Staff
A total of 269 cities are facing water shortages across Iran, although emergency measures have prevented disruptions in the water supply, according to Hashem Amini, the spokesman for Iran’s Water Industry.
In...
Vast Areas of Iran’s Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests Destroyed by Fire
By Azadeh Karimi
Since early February, warm winds have fueled at least 62 wildfires that have burned 130 hectares of the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- in the northern...
Flash Floods in Southeastern Iran Destroy Homes, Displace Thousands
By Azadeh Karimi
Torrential rains earlier this month have led to flash floods that have devastated vast areas of Sistan and Baluchestan, destroying villages, leaving many people homeless and inflicting a massive amount of financial...
Floods Kill at Least 18 in Southern Iran, Provinces on Alert
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, March 25 (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed and around 100 others were injured in flash floods in Iran's southern Fars province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, with...
UNESCO Declares Iran’s Hyrcanian Mixed Forests World Heritage Site
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests to its list of World Heritage Sites.
The Hyrcanian Mixed Forests is the second natural reserve in Iran to...
Tehran Ranks Among World’s Most Polluted Cities
By Azadeh Karimi
Tehran Air Quality Control Company’s real-time air quality index (AQI) ranked Tehran the sixth most polluted city in the world on November 29.
By early morning on November 29, pollution levels in Tehran...
