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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the formation of a specialized task force to come up with solutions to address the growing threat of dust storms.
According to the Iranian Energy Ministry’s latest weekly report, inflows into the country’s dams dropped by 43% compared to last year, totaling 22.43 billion cubic meters since the start of the current water year (October 1).
The director general of Environmental Protection Department in Tehran Province has denied recent claims circulating on social media about the presence of toxic pollutants such as cyanide and arsenic in dust storms originating from the dried Band Ali Khan Wetland in Varamin, near Tehran.
Iranian health authorities have reported 259 confirmed cases of dengue fever in the country since the beginning of the Persian calendar year 1404 (mid-March 2025), with most cases identified in Chabahar, southeastern Iran.
Tehran’s Department of Environment has rejected recent claims about the presence of arsenic and cyanide in air pollutants and dust around the Band-e Ali Khan wetland, south of the capital.
Iran’s Red Crescent Society announced that around 1,500 hospital beds were damaged during the recent 12-day war with Israel last month, but emergency services managed to operate without leaving any patients untreated, according to its president, Pir Hossein Kolivand.
As the Iranian capital, Tehran, remains engulfed in dust for several consecutive days, the deputy head of Iran’s Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration Organization has identified the dried-up Salehiyeh Wetland in nearby Alborz Province as the city’s most critical source of dust pollution.
A powerful sandstorm swept through parts of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province on Saturday, with wind speeds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour in the city of Zabol, significantly reducing visibility.
The ancient ritual of Nakhl-Gardani, a traditional mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein (AS), was held in the city of Jajrom in Iran's North Khorasan Province on the day of Ashura of Sunday.
Millions of Shia Muslims throughout Iran are observing Ashura on Sunday, mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third Shia Imam.
Millions of Iranians are participating in nationwide mourning ceremonies on Tasua on Saturday, the ninth day of Muharram, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam, and his loyal companions.
The President of the Iranian Society of Internal Medicine Specialists, condemned recent Israeli military strikes on Iran’s healthcare facilities. Iraj Khosronia stated that such attacks are not merely the destruction of buildings, but deliberate assaults on the most defenseless—patients in critical care.
A group of prominent Islamic jurists and religious scholars based in Tehran has issued a strong religious ruling condemning US President Donald Trump and the Israeli regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Water has once again flowed through the historic bridges of Isfahan as the Zayandeh Rud River reached the city following a temporary increase in outflow from the Zayandeh Rud Dam.
Sixty-eight Iranian athletes lost their lives during the recent 12-day conflict with the US and Israel, according to Seyed Ghani Nazari, Deputy Minister for Legal, Parliamentary, and Provincial Affairs at the Iranian Ministry of Sports and Youth.
Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, a prominent Shia religious authority, said that any individual or regime that threatens or assaults the leadership (of the Islamic Republic) and the religious authority in an effort to harm the Islamic Ummah and its governance is considered a Mohareb , one who wages war against God.
The Iranian Health Ministry has announced that a total of 627 people have been martyred and 4,870 injured in the Zionist regime’s attacks with Tehran and Kermanshah provinces reporting the highest numbers of casualties.
At least 610 Iranians have been killed and 4,746 others wounded as a result of 12 days of Israeli raids, according to the latest figures by the Ministry of Health.
Hossein Kermanpour, head of public relations at Iran’s Health Ministry, has provided an update about the number of casualties from Israeli attacks on the country, confirming more than 400 people have lost their lives since the start of the regime's onslaught.
Mehdi Taj, the president of the Football Federation of Iran, has urged the global sports community to expel Israel from official and international competitions.
Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education says that 2,000 people injured in recent attacks by the Zionist regime have been successfully treated and discharged from hospitals across the country.
