Environment
Latest Environment News in Iran – Covering stories, opinions, and reports dealing with the most important environmental issues and challenges of sustainable development, and efforts to save the environment either in Iran or other parts of the world.
Delbar, an Asiatic cheetah, might be expecting
Further tests and even a sonogram will be run in the presence of a foreign consultant in late March to determine whether she is pregnant.
Video by Iranian Cheetah Society nominated for top prize in WLT competition
The video shows two cheetahs and a camel coming to a water hole at the same time.
Supreme Leader stresses frank, serious action to solve air pollution
The Supreme Leader said damaging the environment should be regarded as a grave offense.
Borzoo, a 3rd Persian leopard fitted with GPS tracking neckband
Clinical examinations of the big cat revealed that Borzoo was an 11-year-old male Persian leopard that weighed 57 kg.
Charity begins at the environment
A bottle cap-collecting campaign in Tabriz helps both the environment and disabled people.
Iranian researchers introduce environment-friendly method to clean up oil spills
The nano-filter made from native plants can remove contamination from water and then be used as fuel in the industry sector.
Deputy minister tells colleagues to quit if they can’t manage
Giving an ultimatum to managers, the deputy energy minister warned that if they are not motivated enough to contribute to water management, they’d better step down.
Stray dogs are collected and rehomed in Tehran
A project has been launched in the capital to rehome wandering dogs and treat those suffering from rabies.
With or without sanctions, we’ll pursue resistance-based economy: VP
Eshagh Jahangiri described resistance-based economy as one which remains unfazed in the face of local and foreign shocks.
Kerman qanats up for global registration
A cultural heritage official in Kerman Province has said that Iran has submitted to UNESCO three qanats in Kerman as its nominees for the World Heritage List.
The rights of Mother Nature are now recognized: Environment chief
The Iranian environment chief says the budget her agency gets to protect lagoons and fundamentally deal with the problem of particulates is meager.
Mating of leopards captured on camera
The 20-minute featuring Bardiya a Persian leopard mating will be released as a wildlife documentary shortly.
Ebtekar reacts to firestorm following dust storm
Iran's Environment chief has said that those MPs criticizing her agency for failure to tackle the dust storms are the very ones who eliminated the money allocated to the problem from the budget.
Iran MPs take symbolic dust storm protest to parliament floor
Iranian MPs from Khuzestan, Ilam and Kermanshah appear on parliament floor with their protective face masks to symbolically protest poor air conditions in their home provinces.
Trees are sacred to Iranians
In an opinion piece in Etemad daily, Ali Yachkaschi, a professor of environmental science, looks into how ancient Iranians respected trees and forests.
Tehran’s environmental issues are serious but solvable: Mayor
I am ready to turn Tehran into a truly habitable place if I am offered support, said the Tehran Mayor.
UN says it’s ready to set up environmental database in Iran
An Iran-UN workshop in Tehran reviewed the State of Environment report, with the UN expressing readiness to set up an environment database in Iran.
Ahvaz residents take their satirical war against dust storm to social networks
Residents of Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan near the border with Iraq, are reeling after the southwestern city was walloped by a dust storm that prompted officials to order schools and government offices closed.
A sand cat is set free from trap in northeastern Iran
After the sand cat was freed from the trap and transferred to get medical care, all traps set in the region were ordered destroyed.
Have you ever gasped for breath?
Air pollution in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan has rendered breathing difficult for residents.
Goshawk rescue in Iran (Photos)
The environmental guards in Iran have rescued and treated an injured goshawk in Semnan Province.
Drought will continue to worsen in Iran by 2050
The director of the Environment Protection Organization says that worsening drought conditions threaten the future of Iran, the region and the entire world.
Restored Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro is unveiled in a Tehran Museum
Organization of such a ceremony is a reflection of good relations between Iranian and Italian artists, said the director of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
We are entitled to blue skies
Participants in the Clean Air Day carnival in Tehran asked for more efforts to help improve air conditions in cities which are gasping for fresh air.
Next rounds of nuclear talks in Davos, Munich
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Davos [in Switzerland] and Munich [in Germany] will host the next rounds of negotiations between Iran and 5+1.
