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Environment

Report: Iran govt. reconsidering Miankaleh Petrochemical plant

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The Iranian government is reportedly taking steps to end the construction of a controversial petrochemical plant in Miankaleh Peninsula, amid criticism that it will have a destructive effect on local environment.
Environment

Opposition grows to launching petrochemical factory in Iran’s Miankaleh wetland

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Iran’s Vice President for Environmental Affairs says the Organization for the Protection of Environment will not back down on its opposition to establishment of a petrochemical factory in the Miankaleh region due to its adverse environmental impact.
Environment

Tehran air quality in red zone, unhealthy for all

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The Iranian capital Tehran’s real-time air quality index is in the red zone.
Environment

WHO warns almost entire world population breathing substandard air

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The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality. It calls for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow problems and lead to millions of preventable deaths each year.
Environment

Dust cloud blankets parts of Iran’s southern and western provinces

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The head of Abadan Environmental Protection Department says the amount of dust in this southern Iranian city at 8 am on Friday reached 6,831 micrograms per cubic meter, which is more than 45 times the standard level.
Environment

An animal charity center in Iran’s city of Qom

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Akbar Bozorgzadeh, an Iranian man who cares about the environment, has voluntarily allocated a 2,000-square-meter space in the city of Qom to taking care of birds and animals, which have been injured or seized from hunters, and preparing them for returning to the nature.
Environment

Oil slicks mar coasts in southern Iran

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Oil slicks floating in waters off the coast of Khark Island in southern Iran, have come ashore in the city of Bushehr, contaminating the coastline in several locations.
Environment

Oil spill inflicts environmental damage on Bushehr shores in Persian Gulf

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The Department of Environment of the southern Iranian Province of Bushehr says an oil spill from pollution near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf has reached the shorelines of the province.
Environment

Official: Hirmand water not entering Iran from Afghanistan

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The Department of Environment of the Southeastern Iranian Province of Sistan and Balouchestan says the water from Hirmand River in Afghanistan has not reached the Iranian territory despite the Taliban pledging to release the water toward Iran.
Environment

Poachers slaughtering more migratory birds in N Iran

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Reports say poachers continue slaughtering migratory birds spending the winter in Iran’s northern coastline, while local environmental authorities fail to act against it.
Environment

Iran’s biggest water supply project comes on line

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Iran’s largest water distribution project has come on stream, supplying water to over 1,700 villages in a southeastern province which did not have access to water before.
Environment

Asiatic cheetahs Iran and Firouz expecting cub

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Two Asiatic cheetahs, living in Iran, are expecting their cub after mating in captivity.
Nature and Wildlife

Rainfalls fully restore water to Jazmourian wetland in SE Iran

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An Iranian environmental official says water resources have been fully restored to the Jazmourian wetland, one of the largest of its kind in the central plateau of Iran, thanks to the recent rainfalls and flood
Nature and Wildlife

Swan Flying Symphony

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Every year, with decreasing temperatures in the northern Caspian Sea and parts of Siberia, migratory swans with a small population begin to migrate to low latitudes.
Environment

Iran MPs approve transfer of water from Sea of Oman to Sistan & Balouchestan Province

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Iranian lawmakers have approved the proposal for the transfer of water from the Sea of Oman in the south to the littoral southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.
Incidents

8 dead in Fars province floods; 2 missing

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The death toll from floods triggered by torrential rains in the southwestern Iranian province of Fars has reached five.
Environment

Iran asks Azerbaijan to explain deaths of Caspian seals after naval drills

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An Iranian environmental official says Tehran has been pressing neighboring Azerbaijan Republic to clarify the situation revolving around the unusual deaths of Caspian seals in the aftermath of Baku’s naval drills in the Caspian Sea.
IFP Exclusive

Iran Meteorological Organization warns of continuing air pollution

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Iran’s Meteorological Organization has warned of continuing air pollution in the cities of Tehran, Karaj and Tabriz.
Environment

Firefighters battling flames in Iran’s National Park

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Firefighters are trying hard to put out fires in Golestan National Park in Iran’s northern province of Golestan.
IFP Exclusive

Tehran air unhealthy for all groups

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Tehran's air quality index has risen to over 150 which is unhealthy for all groups.
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People in Iran’s Shahrekord hold protest over water problems

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Iranian people including farmers in the western city of Shahrekord, capital city of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, have staged a march calling on authorities to take measures to deal with water shortage problems.
IFP Exclusive

Some flights cancelled in Tehran due to air pollution

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Iran’s Meteorological Organization has said people in industrial and densely populated cities will see an increase in the concentration of air pollutants and a decrease in air quality.
Environment

People in Isfahan demand revival of dried-up river

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Iran’s central city of Isfahan has been the scene of a protest by thousands of people, including farmers upset by actions resulting in a major river drying up there.
IFP Exclusive

Iran names newly discovered species of fish after Ali Daei

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A new species of fish discovered by Iranian and German researchers is named after former international Iranian footballer Ali Daei.
Sport

Famous Tehran international ski slope reopens

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Tochal International Ski Resort, located in northern Tehran, attracts many skiing enthusiasts annually.
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