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...
Iran Performs Poorly in Water Resources Management, Official Says
Iran ranks 131st out of 132 countries for successfully managing its renewable water resources, according to Hamidreza Ghalamkari, chairman of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Committee on Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources.
More than 90 percent...
Water Rationing Leads Borazjan Residents to Block Roads, Burn Tires
People in Borazjan, the southern province of Bushehr, blocked a major road and disrupted traffic on July 22 in protest against a recent scheme by the local authorities to ration drinking water supply.
Javad Loghmanzadeh,...
Iran’s Southern Regions Hard Hit by Flash Floods
8th April 2019 - Torrential rains have caused massive flooding in many parts of Iran in the past few weeks. Water levels have been rising at an alarming rate in most dams in the southern...
EXCLUSIVE: Vanishing Mountains: Winter Air Pollution Smothers Iran
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Toxic air that cloaked Iran this winter sent thousands to hospital, shuttered schools and forced Tehran to admit it must do more to tackle its top pollutants: old cars...
Iranian Official Criticizes Release of Trophy Hunting Video on Social Media
By Azadeh Karimi
Kiumars Kalantari, the deputy director of the Department of Environment’s Office for Wildlife and Biodiversity, has condemned the publication of footage on social media which shows a trophy hunter killing a young...
Iran Calls Emergency in Flood-Threatened Southwest Province
DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it faced an emergency in a southwestern province threatened by flooding and worked to evacuate dozens of villages as forecasters predicted more of the heavy...
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...
Iranians Should Drive Less to Reduce Pollution, Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
While current air quality regulations and emission standards are much more stringent than 20 years ago, there has been a concerted effort by most governments around the world to encourage their population...
Can’t Wash, Can’t Farm: Iranians Battle ‘Water Bankruptcy’
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, March 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Iranians scrubbed their homes and hosed their gardens ahead of Persian New Year celebrations, they were told to slash their water use if the country...
