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Report: Tehran ranks fourth among world’s most polluted cities 

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Swiss air quality technology company, IQAIR, has issued a new report on the most polluted cities of the world, ranking Tehran, Iran’s capital as the fourth most polluted city on earth.
Urban

Governor: 2 to 3 million Afghan migrants add to Tehran’s complications

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The governor of Tehran says 2 to 3 million Afghan migrants are currently living in the Iranian capital, adding to the city's already strained infrastructure and resources. 
Urban

Tehran City Council chairman vetoes mayor’s questioning for second time

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Mehdi Chamran, Chairman of the Tehran City Council, exercised his veto power to prevent the city’s mayor Alireza Zakani from answering questions posed by council members amid rising dissatisfaction with the mayor’s decisions and function.
Foreign Policy

Iran begins construction of 110 residential units on Abu Musa Island, Persian Gulf

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Iran has started construction for 110 residential units on the Iranian island of Abu Musa, which along with two other islands is a source of territorial dispute with the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iranian deputy minister of roads and urban development announced on Monday.
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UN report predicts shocking future for aging population in Iran

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Iran’s elderly population, technically defined as people over 60 years old, will reach 32 percent by 2050 and will soar to 40 percent by 2080, according to a UN report.
Environment

Tehran air quality deteriorates to unhealthy levels for all age groups

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Following a rise in temperatures, Tehran's air quality has significantly deteriorated.
Urban

More than a dozen provinces in Iran shut down over power shortage

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The Iranian government closed offices in 15 provinces on Thursday due to electricity shortages amid sizzling hot weather in order to prevent nationwide blackouts.
Environment

Smog haunts major Iranian cities as temperatures go up

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As the weather becomes hotter in summer, Iranians in metropolises have to deal with the old story of air pollution again.
Sport

Iran inaugurates world’s highest bungee jumping platform

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Iran has opened the highest bungee jumping platform at an adrenaline-pumping height of 280 meters in the capital, Tehran.
Urban

Lightning lights up Iranian capital’s skyline

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People in the Iranian capital Tehran, a dry city for most of the year, experienced heavy showers and lightning on Wednesday and the early hours of Thursday. 
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Tehran air quality report reveals alarming figures

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The Tehran Air Quality Control Company's recent disclosure highlights the capital city's troubling air quality situation. Since the start of the year, Tehran has endured 107 days of unhealthy air for sensitive groups and 12 days of unhealthy air for all demographics, posing serious health risks, says the company's report.
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Traffic chaos grips Tehran over Scarlet Wednesday or Chaharshanbeh Suri

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The streets and highways of Tehran have ground to a halt since 15:00 local time on the eve of Scarlet Wednesday, commonly known as Chaharshanbeh Suri.
Urban

Battling extremes: Aid workers prepare for weather whiplash in 10 Iranian provinces

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Aid workers are on high alert across 10 provinces in Iran as the Head of the Red Crescent Relief and Rescue Organization issues a weather warning.
Urban

Iran Health Ministry: Tehran 19th most polluted capital in world

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Tehran has been ranked ‘19th most polluted’ among the capitals in the world in terms of the concentration of suspended particles, responsible for nearly 14 percent of the deaths in the country, according to the Iranian Ministry of Health.
Urban

Severe smog levels in Iranian capital claim nearly 6,400 lives in one year

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Around 6,400 people have died due to extremely high levels of air pollution in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Urban

Tehran faces critical air pollution crisis

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The Tehran Air Quality Control Department issued a distressing report, revealing an air pollution index of 153 in the capital city on Sunday.
Urban

Report: Around 6,400 people died of air pollution in Tehran in 12 months

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Reports show air pollution in the Iranian capital, Tehran, claimed thousands of lives in the year ending March, 2022.
Urban

Tehran air quality ‘unhealthy, dangerous for sensitive groups’

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The air quality index in the Iranian capital, Tehran, stood at 134 on Sunday, like in previous days, falling into the Orange Category, that is dangerous for sensitive groups, on the national color-coded classification system.
Urban

Tehran’s Valiasr Street: A verdant chronicle of transformation

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Valiasr Street, hailed as the Middle East's longest and a historic testament in Tehran, traces its origins from an uninhabited expanse to its current bustling grandeur.
Nature and Wildlife

Tehran Wildlife Clinic treating stray animals

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The Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic at Pardisan Park located in the northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran, admits lost animals which have been strayed from their natural habitats due to unfavorable geographical conditions or smuggling.
Environment

Flooding hits town in drought-hit region in Iran

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A town in Iran’s Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province has been hit with flooding, and dozens of villages have been cut off.
Urban

Dust storm brings Iran’s megacity of Mashhad to standstill

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A heavy dust storm brings businesses and sports activities to a halt in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan Razavi Province.
Environment

Dam, power plant inaugurated in Iran’s southwest

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has inaugurated Chamshir Dam and Power Plant in Iran’s southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
Urban

World Bank says Iran ranks 1st in drinking water access in urban, rural regions

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The World Bank has announced in a report that Iran ranks first in terms of access to drinking water in urban and rural areas across the globe and among countries in the West Asia region.
Nature and Wildlife

Mohitban, Iran’s first-ever natural park near capital Tehran

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The Iranian city of Karaj in Alborz Province, near Tehran, is home to Mohitban Park, the country’s first-ever natural park where animals live freely.
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