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Iran, Afghanistan to Launch Joint Project to Restore Hamun Lake

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Tehran and Kabul are preparing a joint strategic plan aimed at restoring Hamun Lake, which lies in the Iran-Afghanistan border, an Iranian official said.
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Playing with Iranian Raptors, Popular Entertainment of Arab Sheikhs

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Playing with Iranian predatory birds is among the most popular entertainments among Arab sheikhs, costing them millions of dollars.
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Iran Joins Club of Stone Paper Producers

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An Iranian production unit has managed to make paper from stone using indigenous technology, making Iran one of the few countries in the world to have the knowhow.
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Nature Schools; Different Environment to Nurture Students

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Nature schools are a new initiative giving Iranian students the chance to get away from the restrictions of conventional schools.
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Man Sentenced to Do Research for Illegal Use of Groundwater

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An Iranian man who had illegally exploited subterranean water resources has been sentenced by a court to carrying out some research work.
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Iran Starts Construction of Mideast’s Biggest Solar Farm

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Iran’s energy minister on Thursday inaugurated a project to build the Middle East’s largest solar plant in the country’s southeastern province of Kerman.
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Iran to Issue Boar Hunting Permits for Foreigners

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Iran says it will start issuing boar hunting permits for foreigners by early 2018.
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Iranian Researchers Produce Eco-Friendly Bin Bags

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A group of researchers in an Iranian knowledge-based company have managed to produce a kind of biodegradable garbage bag using oxidized nanoparticles.
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Millions of Hectares in Iran to Be Planted with Saplings

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Plans are underway to turn millions of hectares of land across Iran into green areas to tackle dust pollution.
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Iranian Inventor Receives Award for Solution to Urban Dust

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An Iranian inventor has won the Merit Award and the Gold Medal Award of Merit at INPEX 2017 contests among 800 participants from 40 countries.
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UN Hails Iran’s Pioneering Role in Resolving Environmental Woes

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A UN official has highlighted Iran’s significant role as one of the pioneers in combating dust and sand storms in the Middle East.
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Turkey Not to Abandon Tigris-Euphrates Dam Project

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Turkish ambassador to Tehran says despite growing protests by regional states, his country is set to press ahead with its project to build a dam on Tigris-Euphrates River.
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Iran Calls for Regional Cooperation against Environmental Woes

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the origins of the sand and dust storms hitting Iran are mostly based in surrounding countries, and a serious regional cooperation is needed to tackle such environmental issues.
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Iran’s Ahvaz Soars to Record-High Temperature of 54C (+Photos)

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People in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz have been advised to stay at home after the temperatures hit the extremely high level of 54 degrees Celsius (129.2F), probably the hottest degree ever measures on Earth in modern times.
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Giant Green Roof Built in Tehran Book Garden

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A giant roof has been built in an area of 10,000 square metres in the Book Garden located in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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Tehran Residents Use 38,000 Litres of Water per Second

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Residents of the Iranian capital, Tehran, consume 38 thousands litres of water per second during the burning heat days of this year, a new report says.
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Iran Planning to Promote Citizens’ Use of Bicycle

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Despite efforts by Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) and anti-air pollution campaigns, the use of bicycles has failed to gain widespread popularity across the country. However, the public’s positive reaction to a recently launched challenge has raised hopes to this end.
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Iranians to Take Turkey to The Hague over Wetland Desiccation

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Iranians have organized a popular campaign to take Turkey to The Hague over its violation of environmental regulations which have already led to the desiccation of Hoor al-Azim Wetland in western Iran.
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Thousands of Flamingos Delay Migration from Lake Urmia

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Some 10,000 flamingos that migrated to Urmia Lake months ago have delayed flying off to their next destination due to favorable weather and environmental conditions around the lake, as well as adequate food supply.
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Iran Slams Trump’s ‘Irresponsible’ Exit from Paris Agreement

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Iranian officials have strongly criticized the US for withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change, saying the ‘uncalculated’ and ‘unacceptable’ move shows the Trump administration’s irresponsibility towards the international community.
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Rouhani Asked to Pay More Attention to Environmental Woes

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An Iranian environmental official has put forward people’s demands from the re-elected government of Hassan Rouhani with regard to the environment.
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IRGC-Made Tunnel to Revive Iran’s Shrinking Lake Urmia

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The Construction Base of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is working on a water transfer project to save the shrinking Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.
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Tourists Visiting Revived Lake Urmia in NW Iran

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Thanks to the efforts made in the past few years, Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran is being gradually revived, bringing more tourists to a body of water that had shrunk to 10% of its former size.
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“Arab States’ Man-Made Islands Threatening Persian Gulf Environment”

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An Iranian MP slammed construction of artificial islands by certain Arab states in the Persian Gulf as a move which threatens its environment, and called on the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pursue and address the issue.
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“Iran’s Environment Can’t Stand Unwise Decisions”

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The head of Iran’s environment department called on Iranian people to make optimum use of their right to vote in the country’s upcoming presidential election to prevent the recurrence of past bitter experiences, particularly in the field of environment.
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