Iranian Cheetah on the Brink of Extinction
Agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested Hooman Jokar, the treasurer and the director of the Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP), and seven other environmentalists in February.
Marking...
Polluted Air Fuels Influenza Surge, Prompting Provincial Shutdowns Across Iran
By Kayhan Life Staff
A wave of influenza intensified by severe air pollution forced authorities across Iran to shut schools and government offices from Dec. 6 to 8.
The Health Ministry said stagnant, soot-laden air has...
Iran Faces Water Shortage and Heightened Risk of Flooding
By Azadeh Karimi
A four-year-old boy is the latest victim of a flood caused by the overflow of the Kaju River’s banks near Ghasre Ghand Country in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Flash...
US Flags Environmental Risks From Illicit Transfers of Iranian Oil off Malaysia, Report Says
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. treasury official warned of environmental risks from illicit transfers of Iranian oil off Malaysia, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Thursday, as the United States narrows its focus on financing...
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...
Iran Completes Facility to Build Centrifuges – Nuclear Chief
DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iran has completed a facility to build advanced centrifuges, Iran's nuclear chief was quoted on Sunday as saying, as Tehran prepares to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity if the nuclear...
Air Pollution Causes 50,000 Deaths A Year in Iran, Says University Expert
By Kayhan Life Staff
Of the 450,000 deaths in Iran every year that result from accidents and disease, and not from natural causes, some 50,000 are attributed to air pollution, according to Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand,...
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...
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...
Iranian Official Warns Country Is ‘On Track for Desertification’ as New Data Exposes Scale...
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By Kayhan Life / London Staff
Iran’s deepening water crisis is approaching structural limits, and lawmakers are now sounding the alarm with new candor.
Rahmadal Bamari, a member of parliament’s Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee,...
