Iran Charges Foreigners $12,000 to $15,000 for Hunting Permits
Ali Teymouri, the director of the Hunting and Fisheries office of Iran’s Department of Environment, has said that it costs anywhere from $12,000 to $15,000 for foreign nationals to obtain a hunting permit.
The government...
Iranians Join UN Campaign to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Every year, June 5 marks World Environment Day (WED), also known as Eco Day. It was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 following the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. The conference...
Water Crisis Spurs Protests in Iran
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
BEIRUT, March 29 (Reuters) - A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over water, a growing political concern due to a drought which residents...
Exclusive: IRGC’s Obsession With Cloud Seeding
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Ministry of Defence and the Energy Ministry will join forces to develop the country’s cloud seeding capabilities, the Tasnim News Agency reported on February 17.
This announcement is...
Oil From Sanchi Reached Japan Shores
By Osamu Tsukimori
TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian tanker Sanchi, the Japan Coast Guard said on...
Aseman Airliner Crash Victims Include Environmental Activists
An Iranian passenger plane crashed on February 18, killing all 65 people on board. Aseman Airliner, an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop, had left Tehran for Yasuj, a southwestern city, but went off the radar...
Environmental Activist Kavus Seyyed-Emami Commits Suicide In Jail
SCOOP: Kayhan Life was the first media organization to report the arrest in Iran of the seven conservationists
February 10, 2018 Kavus Seyyed-Emami, one of seven members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) arrested...
Why Did an Iranian Tanker Sink In Chinese Waters?
On January 6, an Iranian tanker, Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light oil, collided with a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, CF Crystal, off the coast of China. The tanker burst into flames eight days...
Why Did an Iranian Tanker Sink In Chinese Waters
On January 6, an Iranian tanker, Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tonnes of light oil, collided with a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, CF Crystal, off the coast of China. The tanker burst into flames eight days...
Experts Warn of Possibility of Tehran Earthquake
Iran experienced 728 earthquakes in November 2017 alone, with the strongest measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale and striking Kermanshah Province in northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, leading to the...
