Environment

National Animal Day Marked in Iran (PHOTOS)

In ancient Persia, people celebrated a day named “Bahmanagan” in which they did not eat any type of meat. Environment and animal rights activists...

Ebtekar: Join 18° Celsius temperature challenge

Tehran, Jan 9, IRNA - Head of the Department of the Environment (DoE) Masoumeh Ebtekar has invited all Iranians to join a national campaign for reducing the country’s air pollution by keeping their homes’ temperature at 18° Celsius.

Training instead of jail, an unusual sentence for an environment offender

A man who has been convicted of poaching has been sentenced to receiving environment training instead of imprisonment in Golestan Province.

Iran, ideal destination for renewable energies investment: VP

We are required to work out scientific strategies and make effective decisions, based on applied studies, to overcome the country's environmental problems, said the Iranian environment chief.

Iran taking urgent action on air pollution

President Rouhani has said that necessary decisions have been made to deal with the pressing problem of air pollution in Iran.

Orumiyeh Lake (Aerial PHOTOS)

The likelihood of the lake's drying up a few years ago caused a flurry of activities to save it, but it is still in anything but ideal conditions.

Siberian tiger returns to zoo after quarantine (PHOTOS)

Officials with the Veterinary Organization have eventually given the Siberian tiger the all clear to return to the zoo.

Air pollution in Tehran (PHOTOS)

The level of particles 2.5 micrometers or less in size was seven times the level deemed acceptable by the World Health Organization.

Female leopard fitted with GPS tracking neckband (PHOTOS)

Unlike the previous four, the leopard is a three-year female weighing in at 40 kg.

Migratory birds in Zayandeh Rood River (PHOTOS)

The arrival of the birds came a week after water began flowing again on the river bed of Zayandeh Rood.

Iran’s efforts to protect Asiatic cheetah have paid off

The environment chief has said that her organization has taken measures to raise people’s awareness of their responsibility toward the Iranian cheetah and help them understand the real value of these feline species.

International Cheetah Day (PHOTOS)

The ceremony was held at Pardisan Park, a research site in Tehran, home to two Asiatic Cheetahs.

A school for peace, a school for war for children in the same region

The promise an Iranian father has made to his little girl to stop hunting has caused many in their surroundings to follow suit and respect and love nature.

I made a stand against the killer gasoline and they are taking revenge

The environment chief has said that the performance of the government should be analyzed, but that critical comments should be fair, and not one-sided.

Wildlife Census in national park (PHOTOS)

During the census-taking a number of poachers were apprehended.

Migratory birds arrive in northern Iran (PHOTOS)

The migratory birds arrive from Siberia in autumn to spend the winter in northern Iran which has milder weather.

Supreme Leader has lent new credibility and weight to the environment

The head of the Environment Protection Organization has said that if the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is implemented properly, Iran will have more cooperation with other nations on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Supreme Leader outlines environmental policy

It comes after Ayatollah Khamenei urged Iranian authorities to try to tackle the country’s environmental problems through detailed, accurate planning.

Haze in Iran is a product of war: Environment chief

We should bring back security to the region and thus preserve the environment, Ebtekar said.

Environment chief: Iran wins legal battle against US

The number of Maragheh Fossils is 3,000, of which 1,500 fossils were sent to US for research, the environment chief said.

Camera traps capture another sand cat in Isfahan’s Nain

An official at Isfahan provincial Environment Department has said the recent image of a sand cat captured by camera traps in Nain has paved the way for research on the conditions of wildcats in the province.

Iranian bride sets construction of waterhole as marriage portion

I decided to ask for the construction of a waterhole in the wilderness as my marriage portion because I blame human activity for the damage caused to animal habitant, the bride says.

Discovery of 30 dead sharks on board boat (PHOTOS)

The owner of the launch, which is now impounded, will have to pay almost $10,000 for each of the sharks it was smuggling.

Caspian seals rescued from the trawl (PHOTOS)

Russia allows as many as 10,000 seals to be hunted on a yearly basis.

Muddy artist points up water crisis in Iran

A man in mud, Masoud Nikdel, brings his routine activities to a standstill to artistically say that water crisis is a serious problem in Iran.

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