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Environment

Iran’s Lake Urmia sees significant improvement amidst restoration efforts 

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An Iranian official reports that the shrinking Lake Urmia is in better condition than last year, attributing the improvement to favorable autumn rains. 
Environment

Many cities in Iran experience continued snow, rainfall

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Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center predicted on Thursday the cloudiness, rain showers, snowfall and strong winds that started a day ago in various regions of the country will continue.
Environment

Different Iranian cities blanketed in snow

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The first autumn snowfall covered various cities in Ardabil province, located in northwestern Iran, in white.
Nature and Wildlife

27 rare falcons saved from trafficking, released into wild in Iran’s Hormozgan

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Iranian police recently intercepted a major wildlife smuggling operation, rescuing 27 rare and valuable falcons hidden in a vehicle.
Environment

Lake Urmia on verge of collapse due to mismanagement, environmental strain

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Lake Urmia, Iran’s largest inland lake and one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes, is gradually turning into a desolate ruin.
Environment

Wetlands in Iran parched into deserts 

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The unprecedented heatwave in August this year turned nine wetlands, including internationally known northern Anzali, in Iran dry plots of land.
Environment

Rain and snow refresh Tehran

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With summer coming to an end, Tehran has received a downpour, including hail and snow on the heights to the north and east of the Iranian capital.
Environment

Majesty of the Caspian Red Deer in Northern Alborz, Iran

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The Maral, or Caspian Red Deer, is one of the largest deer species and the largest native deer in Iran. Its habitat is primarily in the Hyrcanian forests in the north and the Alborz mountains of Iran.
Environment

Fires continue to burn Iran’s southwestern forests

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The forests and pastures of Bahrehana and Chah Talkhab-e Olya in Basht in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad caught fire on Sunday morning and the blaze has yet to be contained.
Environment

Tehran air quality deteriorates to unhealthy levels for all age groups

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Following a rise in temperatures, Tehran's air quality has significantly deteriorated.
Local

Iranian offices, banks closed on Sunday amid unprecedented heat

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All institutions, offices, and banks across in Iran will be closed on Sunday in order to sidestep health issues and energy consumption hike in extreme summer heat.
Environment

Extreme heat closes public institutions in Iran

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All public institutions in Iran, except for service-providing and emergency centers, cut short working hours on Saturday due to health and energy consumption concerns.
Incidents

Three helicopters deployed to contain wildfire in Iran’s Zagros Mountain

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The Director General of Natural Resources and Watershed Management in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province announced the deployment of three helicopters to combat a wildfire in the mountainous and highland areas of Basht County.
Environment

Contrasting weather extremes across Iran: Snow clearance in Sabalan amidst record high temperatures

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Despite temperatures soaring above 50 degrees Celsius in many provinces of Iran, road maintenance crews are busy clearing snow in the highlands of Sabalan in Meshginshahr in Iran's Ardabil province.
Environment

30-Year temperature record broken in Iran

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The National Crisis Management Center of Iran's Meteorological Organization has reported a significant increase in temperatures this July, with the average temperature being 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average.
Environment

Efforts underway to extinguish huge fire on Iran-Iraq border

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A huge fire which started in southern Iraq near Iran's border on Sunday has now spread to the Iranian side of the border.
Environment

Massive fire in Iran’s southwestern protected area contained

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A raging and widespread fire in the southwestern Iranian protected area of Khaeez in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province was put out on Friday morning after several days of hard work.
Environment

Temperature crosses 54° Celsius in Shabankareh, southern Iran  

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The town of Shabankareh in Bushehr Province, southern Iran, was the hottest city in the country on Wednesday, with the temperature there hitting 54.2° Celsius over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.
Incidents

Fire in Karkheh National Park in southern Iran put out

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Firefighters have managed to contain the raging flames in the Karkheh National Park in the southern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
Environment

Smog haunts major Iranian cities as temperatures go up

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As the weather becomes hotter in summer, Iranians in metropolises have to deal with the old story of air pollution again.
Environment

Iran launches project to save Lake Urmia

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Iran has inaugurated a water storage and transfer project to revive Lake Urmia in the northwest of the country which has been receding in recent years.
Environment

“Bride of Iran’s lakes” in Khorasan Razavi province refills after year of drought

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The Director General of Environmental Protection in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province announced that the largest natural lake there, namely Bazangan Lake, has refilled after being completely dry last year due to minimal rainfall.
Environment

Iran’s receding Lake Urmia out of woods following downpours

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The level of water in Late Urmia in northwestern Iran has significantly come up following the recent rainfalls, reaching the highest point in six months.
Environment

Iran’s Ahvaz, Omidiyeh, Abadan among hottest cities in world amid global heatwave

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In the past 24 hours, the cities of Ahvaz, Omidiyeh, and Abadan in southern Iran have been listed among the hottest cities globally, according to a report from the Placerville weather station in California, USA.
Environment

Brown bear, roe deer caught on camera in northern Iran

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Environmental activists have captured the images of a brown bear and roe deer in the hyrcanian forests in the northern province of Gilan.
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