Environment

An urgent meeting to address the critical dust pollution in several Iranian provinces was held on Sunday, June 19, with 5 ministers, 5 governors-general, and the head of Environment Department in attendance. The Iranian Foreign Ministry was finally tasked with following up on the issue, since much of the dust is coming from abroad.

Addressing environmental problems is one of the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s top priorities in Iran, according to the agency’s chief representative in Tehran.

Researchers at Sharif University of Technology have optimized bio solar cells with the help of a kind of protein found in jellyfish at a laboratorial scale, in order to replace the older generations of solar cells.

The dust that has been blanketing Iran’s western and south-western provinces in recent days is coming from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria, Head of Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization (IEPO) Masoumeh Ebtekar said.

The air pollution caused by dust and particles in Iran’s western provinces, including Lorestan, has reached “dangerous” levels, a senior environmental official announced.

Dust coming from deserts in Iraq and Syria disturbed daily life in western and southwestern parts of Iran, cancelling flights at Abadan's international airport.

Reports indicate that some 105 marine species, mainly mammals, birds and reptiles living in Iran’s seas and lakes, are heading toward extinction.

Two officials at the Department of Environment cannot seem to agree on the precise source of the Persian Gulf’s rising salinity.

The recent birth of four baby red deer in Semeskandeh Wildlife Refuge in Sari, Mazandaran Province, has lifted the spirits of officials and activists, and increased the critically endangered animal’s chances of survival.

Sobatan is a beautiful region located near Neor Lake in Iran’s northern province of Ardebil.

Managing director of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) said the zone has flared only 4.5 mcm/week of gas in the first three months of the current calendar year.

The secretary of the IUESA said that some experts have estimated that about two-thirds of the world’s population will suffer from severe or relative water scarcity by 2025.

The 45th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea concluded in Russia’s capital of Moscow on June 10 with a communiqué.

World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth.

The Caspian seal, an endangered species in the Caspian Sea, is faced with the threat of extinction due to excessive hunting. One of the less than 100,000 Caspian seals remaining in this body of water was recently observed in a rare sighting in Iran.

The winners of the 11th National Environment Award were announced during a ceremony attended by First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.

Iranian and Indonesian officials in a meeting on Tuesday June 7 reviewed ways to develop cooperation in the field of village-level energy.

To coincide with World Environment Day, a group of students from Payam-e-Noor University in Birjand, South Khorasan province, have made a gazebo with 3200...

Coinciding with National Environment Week (June 4-10), the first baby hawksbill sea turtles emerged from their eggs in the protected zone of Kish Island.

First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday June 7 that development in the country will be impossible if the issue of the environment is neglected.

Ban Ki-moon's special advisor on sustainable development goals (SDGs) hailed Iran’s active role in the process of negotiations on SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Managing-Director of the National Iranian Gas Company Hamid-Reza Araqi, in a message released on Sunday May 5, urged NIGC staff and officials to protect the environment and avoid polluting nature.

The campaign for car-free Tuesdays, which is gaining momentum across Iran, originated last November in Arak, a city overburdened by too many pollutant industries.

The following photos taken in Sistan and Baluchestan Province show four female villagers whose husbands have left their families and the drought-hit village in order to earn money in other cities.

President Hassan Rouhani said the government was working hard on projects to revive Lake Urmia.