Environmental Protection

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Environment

Iran’s Lake Urmia sees significant improvement amidst restoration efforts 

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An Iranian official reports that the shrinking Lake Urmia is in better condition than last year, attributing the improvement to favorable autumn rains. 
Environment

Many cities in Iran experience continued snow, rainfall

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Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center predicted on Thursday the cloudiness, rain showers, snowfall and strong winds that started a day ago in various regions of the country will continue.
Environment

Different Iranian cities blanketed in snow

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The first autumn snowfall covered various cities in Ardabil province, located in northwestern Iran, in white.
Environment

Wetlands in Iran parched into deserts 

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The unprecedented heatwave in August this year turned nine wetlands, including internationally known northern Anzali, in Iran dry plots of land.
Environment

Fires continue to burn Iran’s southwestern forests

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The forests and pastures of Bahrehana and Chah Talkhab-e Olya in Basht in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad caught fire on Sunday morning and the blaze has yet to be contained.
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.
Local

Iranian offices, banks closed on Sunday amid unprecedented heat

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All institutions, offices, and banks across in Iran will be closed on Sunday in order to sidestep health issues and energy consumption hike in extreme summer heat.
Environment

Extreme heat closes public institutions in Iran

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All public institutions in Iran, except for service-providing and emergency centers, cut short working hours on Saturday due to health and energy consumption concerns.
Incidents

Three helicopters deployed to contain wildfire in Iran’s Zagros Mountain

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The Director General of Natural Resources and Watershed Management in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province announced the deployment of three helicopters to combat a wildfire in the mountainous and highland areas of Basht County.
Environment

Contrasting weather extremes across Iran: Snow clearance in Sabalan amidst record high temperatures

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Despite temperatures soaring above 50 degrees Celsius in many provinces of Iran, road maintenance crews are busy clearing snow in the highlands of Sabalan in Meshginshahr in Iran's Ardabil province.
Environment

30-Year temperature record broken in Iran

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The National Crisis Management Center of Iran's Meteorological Organization has reported a significant increase in temperatures this July, with the average temperature being 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average.
Nature and Wildlife

Official: Persian yellow deer community fit as fiddle 

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The population of the Persian yellow deer in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran has witnessed a considerable growth thanks to the proper conditions in the protected area, says an environmental official. 
Environment

Efforts underway to extinguish huge fire on Iran-Iraq border

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A huge fire which started in southern Iraq near Iran's border on Sunday has now spread to the Iranian side of the border.
Environment

Temperature crosses 54° Celsius in Shabankareh, southern Iran  

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The town of Shabankareh in Bushehr Province, southern Iran, was the hottest city in the country on Wednesday, with the temperature there hitting 54.2° Celsius over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.
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.
Environment

“Bride of Iran’s lakes” in Khorasan Razavi province refills after year of drought

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The Director General of Environmental Protection in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province announced that the largest natural lake there, namely Bazangan Lake, has refilled after being completely dry last year due to minimal rainfall.
Environment

Iran’s receding Lake Urmia out of woods following downpours

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The level of water in Late Urmia in northwestern Iran has significantly come up following the recent rainfalls, reaching the highest point in six months.
Environment

Raging fire in Karkheh National Park in southern Iran contained

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Firefighters and park rangers managed to put out the flames in Karkheh National Park in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan after an hours-long struggle on Thursday.
Environment

Steam rising from Taftan volcano sparks concern among locals in Iran’s southeast

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The release of gas and steam from the crater of the semi-active Taftan volcano has been causing concern among residents in the Sistan and Baluchistan region since the last days of May.
Environment

Shirin Su lagoon in western Iran filled with water after recent downpours

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The recent rainfalls in Iran have increased the level of water in the drying Shirin Su lagoon, in the western province of Hamedan, the head of the Environmental Protection Department of Hamedan's Kaboudar Ahang city said on Wednesday.
Environment

Iranian MP: Turkey’s dam construction will have huge impact on Iran’s northwest

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An Iranian lawmaker says Iran’s reaction to Turkey's dam construction effort should be within the framework of bilateral relations, that is, Iran needs to have the means to influence the behavior of the other side.
Nature and Wildlife

Brown bear spotted in Iran’s Arasbaran protected area

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A brown bear has been caught on camera in the Arasbaran protected area, also known as Ghareh Dagh, in northwestern Iran bordering the Azerbaijan Republic.
Environment

Persian leopard spotted in Iran’s Qazvin province

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Iran’s environmental guards have spotted an Iranian leopard while patrolling the protected areas of Alamut in Qazvin province, west of the capital Tehran.
Environment

Warm winter in Iran raises concerns over continued drought

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2023 was the hottest year on the record on the earth, a major source of concern that drought will pose serious threats in water stressed countries like Iran.
Environment

Iran releases water into shrinking Lake Urmia

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The governor of the northwestern Iranian province of West Azarbaijan said on Tuesday that water has been released into receding Lake Urmia two months earlier than the previous years.
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