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Iran Leader Allows Gov’t to Withdraw $4 Billion from National Development Fund

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Iran’s Leader has allowed the government to withdraw $4 billion from the National Development Fund to address a range of issues including the dust pollution engulfing the country’s southwestern provinces, a lawmaker said.
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Iran Starts Water Transfer to Control Dust Pollution

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Iran has established an irrigation canal in the southwestern Khuzestan province as part of efforts to counter the menace of dust pollution hitting western and southwestern provinces bordering Iraq.
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Iran President Orders Officials to Tackle Dust Pollution in Southwest

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered two top officials to immediately visit Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran to deal with the ongoing problem of dust pollution.
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IRGC Aerospace Force Ready to Help Gov’t Seed Clouds

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force voiced readiness to help Iran’s Energy Ministry carry out cloud-seeding operations as part of programs to fight drought.
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Dangerous Level of Air Pollution Shuts Schools in Iran’s Khuzestan

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Kindergartens and schools in 15 cities of Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan will be closed down on Saturday because of heavy dust pollution.
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Photo of Iranian Man Supplicating for Rain Goes Viral

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Water shortage in Iran has become so acute that people in some cities have held public prayer sessions for rain. Meanwhile, the photo of a man supplicating for rain has received more attention.  
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Iran Gov’t Resolved to Implement Clean Air Law

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The Clean Air Act will be enforced as soon as the regulations are prepared and approved by the Cabinet, the head of the Department of Environment declared.
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Iran’s Precipitation Rate Hits Record Low in 50 Years

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Iran is unprecedentedly suffering from low precipitation and experiencing a prolonged drought and hopes for active rain or snowfall across the country have been dashed.
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Young Iranian Artist Launches Environmental Campaign for Children

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While the Iranian capital Tehran is suffering from severe air pollution and its beauties are being covered under a thick layer of black smoke, a young artist has launched an individual campaign for children.
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Schools in Tehran Closed Down after Air Pollution Reaches Alarming Level

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Authorities have been forced to shut down all nurseries and elementary schools in the Iranian Province of Tehran after air pollution reached alarming levels, a report said.
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Water Resources Discovered under Earth’s Hottest Spot

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Iranian researcher Amir Aghakouchak, a winner of American Geophysical Union’s prestigious Hydrology award, says he has discovered underground water resources in Lut Desert, the earth’s hottest place.
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1,100 Chinese Officials Punished for Damaging Environment

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More than 1,000 officials have been held responsible and punished in China for environmental damage, as China steps up efforts to fight pollution through deterrent means.
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Iran Produces Nano-Absorbers to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission

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Iranian scientists from the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) have managed to produce a new type of nano-absorbers highly capable of diminishing the emission of greenhouse gases.
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Iran Most Advanced Mideast Country in Renewable Energies: Forbes

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A report by Forbes says European firmsare pouringtheir money into renewable energy projects in Iran, which is the most advanced country in the region in terms of renewable energy development.
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Iran Signs €20m Deal with China on Development of Solar Panels

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The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran and China's Znshine PV-Tech Company signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday to set up an automated production line of photovoltaic panels in Iran.
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Iran, Turkey Ink Deals to Boost Scientific, Environmental Ties

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High-ranking officials from Iran and Turkey inked two agreements in a bid to boost cooperation between the two neighboring countries in diverse fields, including science and technology as well as environment.
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Norway Solar Firm Inks $4bn Deal with Iran

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A Norwegian solar company has defied US President Donald Trump’s call for further isolation of Iran by signing a deal to invest €2.5 billion ($4 billion) in the country over the next five years.
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Iran Turns Oil-Polluted Lands into Green Belts

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Iranian experts have managed to eliminate oil pollution from groundwater in Asaluyeh region in southern Iran by using local microbes, an official said.
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217 Iranian Villages Generating Solar Energy

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Over two hundred villages in are generating solar energy to meet their power needs and the number is expected to surpass 300 by the end of this year’s Iranian calendar year (mid-March 2018).
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Tehran Police Forces to Use Bicycle for Daily Missions

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Tehran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi says in view of the traffic congestion and air pollution in Tehran, police forces may carry out their missions using bicycles in the second half of current Iranian year.
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UK Firm Makes $115m Investment in Waste Recycling in Iran

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A British company has invested $115 million in a garbage recycling project in Iran’s northwestern province of Zanjan.
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Iran Invents Device to Produce Water Out of Air Moisture

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The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has invented a device which produces water out of air moisture.
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Britain Inks €500m Deal to Build Solar Farm in Central Iran

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UK renewables investor Quercus has signed a deal worth over half a billion euros to build and operate a 600-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Iran, the company said on Wednesday.
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Imperial College Lecturer Appointed to Iran’s Dept. of Environment

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Kaveh Madani, a salient Iranian environment lecturer at Imperial College of London, has been appointed as the Social, International, Technology and Educational Deputy of Iran’s Department of Environment.
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Future Wars in Mideast Probably on Water: Iranian Diplomat

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Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the water crisis in the Middle East is getting worse and more serious day by day so much so that “probably the future wars in this region would be on water.”
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