Tehran to Introduce Bike Hire Scheme to Fight Pollution
The Tehran Transit Authority has imported 5,000 bicycles from China as part of a plan to reduce air pollution in the city. Police will use some of the bicycles, and the rest will be...
Iran’s Household Waste Piles Up at Dump Sites, Official Warns
Kayhan London - Only five percent of the country’s garbage is properly buried in landfills, and the rest is piled up at dump sites, according to Habib Razi, the head of the Organization for...
Magnitude 5.6 Quake Hits Southeast Iran – TV
DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Iran on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, Iranian state television reported.
"The affected area is 80 km (50...
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...
Iran’s Oil and Foreign Ministers Urge Rouhani to Join Paris Climate Accord
Kayhan London, Nov.18 - Iran’s foreign and oil ministers, Mohammad Javad Zarif and Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, have, in separate letters, urged President Hassan Rouhani to push for the ratification of the proposal on Iran...
One Killed in Magnitude 5.6 Quake in Iran – State Media
DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Iran on Friday, killing at least one person and damaging houses in several villages, Iranian state media reported.
Rasoul Rashki, provincial head of the...
Landslides Threaten Flood-Stricken Provinces in Iran, News Agency Says
April 29, 2019 - Landslides threaten 117 villages in the Iranian provinces worst hit by recent flash floods, Khabar Online news agency has said. According to the report, 92 villages in the southern province...
An Exclusive Report On the Kermanshah Earthquake
On November 12, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck Kermanshah Province in northwestern Iran, near the Iraqi border, killing more than 400 people. More than two weeks later, many people in the...
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...
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...
