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Environment

Panther sighted in Damavand area of Iran

IFP Editorial Staff -
The environment department in Damavand County, north of the Iranian capital Tehran, has confirmed the rare sighting of a panther in the area.
Environment

Official: ‘Iran burning mazut in 14 power plants’ as major cities suffer from air pollution

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A Health Ministry officials says 14 Iranian power plans currently burn mazut, a low-quality fuel oil that negatively affects the quality of air.
Environment

Chetah family spotted in Iran’s Semnan Province

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A large Asiatic cheetah family has been spotted in Iran's Semnan Province. According to the director general of Semnan Province's environment protection department, a female cheetah and three of her cubs were seen near Abbasabad.
Environment

Iran records nearly 21k deaths caused by air pollution annually: Official

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An Iranian health official says the country registers 20,800 fatalities caused by air pollution in 27 cities every year, a figure that accounts for 12.6 percent of the total death toll.
Environment

Temperatures below freezing point in most of Iran as cold spell, gas shortage stings

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Iran’s Center for Management of Natural Disasters says the recent cold spell has affected large swathes of the country and many provinces have experienced temperatures of down to -29 degrees centigrade that is unprecedented in the past 14 years.
Environment

Fariman recorded Iran’s coldest city with temperature of -28.6 °C

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A weather official says Iran’s northeastern city of Fariman was registered as the coldest city in the country in the early hours of Thursday, with a temperature of -28.6 °C, as a cold spell hits several cities nationwide.
Environment

Picturesque foggy forests in northern Iran

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The proximity to the Caspian Sea and the Alborz mountain range are considered to be the main reasons for the survival of the forests in the northern part of Iran.
Environment

Watch popular cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep in good health

Golrokh Askarieh -
A new video emerges of highly popular Iranian cheetah cub Pirouz preparing to sleep at night, soothing fresh concerns over the eight-month-old’s health conditions.
Local

Iranian MP warns of “water war” within next 10 years

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The vice chairman of the Iranian parliament’s agriculture, water, natural resources and environment commission has issued a stark warning about the consequences of the drying up of underground water resources in the country.
Urban

Official: Iran burns mazut as alternative fuel in 14 thermal power stations

IFP Editorial Staff -
A senior environmental official says Iran burns highly-polluting mazut as alternative fuel in 14 out of 16 thermal power stations across the country, but that is not the root cause of severe air pollution in metropolis like Tehran.
Urban

Tehran air pollution: Health ministry calls for remote working shifts, reduced hours

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Iran’s health ministry is calling for remote working shifts for government employees and reduced working hours amid dangerously high pollution in the capital Tehran and other major cities.
Urban

Tehran City Council urges govt. branches to take action against air pollution, offer apology to citizens

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Members of the Tehran City Council have written to the heads of the Iranian government’s three branches over a worsening air pollution crisis in the capital, urging them to take action toward improving the situation.
Environment

White Bridge, in southern Iran hosting migrant birds

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Each year, with the beginning of the cold season, more than a million birds migrate to the rivers, wetlands and ponds of Iran’s Khuzestan Province from all over the world to spend the winter there.
Environment

Three Asiatic cheetahs spotted in Iran’s Touran protected reserve

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An Iranian environmental official says three Asiatic cheetahs have been spotted in the Khar Touran National Park in the north-central province of Semnan.
Environment

Official: Leopard returned to natural habitat in Tehran Province

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The director general of Tehran's environmental protection organization says after some 3 weeks of monitoring the eastern edge of the Iranian capital, a leopard sought by authorities left the place in question and returned to its natural habitat in the region.
Environment

Air quality in Tehran back to healthy level thanks to downpours

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After days of severe pollution, the air quality in the Iranian capital of Tehran returns to a healthy level thanks to a windy weather and downpours of rain and snow.
Environment

Iranian court sentences 3 to feeding popular cheetah Pirouz for three months

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A court in Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province has sentenced defendants in a legal case to preparation of food for the country’s highly popular Asiatic cheetah, Pirouz, for three months.
Environment

Iran’s popular cheetah Pirouz turns 8 months old: New pics

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New photos have been released of the popular Iranian Asiatic cheetah Pirouz, who has just turned eight months old.
Urban

Air pollution enters ‘orange’ zone in Tehran, citizens urged to reduce time outdoors

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Iranian capital remains engulfed by hazardous airborne pollutants as the Air Quality Index reaches the “orange” zone, with officials advising the residents of Tehran to skip unnecessary travels across the city.
Environment

Two leopards spotted in protected area in Iran’s Zanjan Province

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Environment guards have spotted two leopards in a protected area in the Iranian province of Zanjan.
Environment

Iran’s capital remains in grip of unhealthy air quality

IFP Editorial Staff -
Air pollution has remained at an unhealthy level in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for several days, with officials urging sensitive groups of people to reduce spending time outdoors.
Environment

Air pollution inflicting losses worth up to $11bn in Iran: MP

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The head of the Iranian Parliament’s Environment Faction says air pollution inflicts damages worth between 7 to 11 billion dollars on the country each year.
Environment

Persian leopard spotted at protected area in western Iran for 1st time in over 2 years

IFP Editorial Staff -
A Persian leopard, a rare and endangered species, has been spotted for the first time in over two years at a protected reserve in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah.
Environment

Official: Tehran ranked world’s 21st polluted capital city

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An Iranian official says Tehran has been ranked as the 21st polluted capital city in the world, as air pollution in the Iranian capital reaches an unhealthy level once again.
Environment

Deforestation threatening massive natural habitat in Iran’s Zagros Mountauns

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A massive span of oak forests in western Iran are in danger of being wiped out due to urban development plans as well as wildfires, droughts, irregular grazing, pests, and other malaises.
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