Environmental Protection

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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.
Environment

Iranian city of Sarakhs hit by dust storm, schools shuttered

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Sand and dust storms continue to plague the northeastern Iranian city of Sarakhs which have closed the schools and disrupted railway transit.
Environment

Iran dismisses reported extraction of lithium from shrinking Lake Urmia

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An Iranian official has categorically rejected reports suggesting that Lake Urmia has been purposefully neglected to let the body of water dry up and allow for mining of much-coveted lithium.
Nature and Wildlife

Autumn in Hyrkanian Forests, northern Iran

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The forests of northern Iran are among the most beautiful ones in the world, where there are more than 80 species of trees and shrubs.
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.
Environment

Five cheetahs spotted in protected park in central Iran 

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Five Asiatic cheetahs have been spotted in a protected area in the Iranian central province of Semnan, an official said. 
Environment

Wars imposed by extraregional powers source of dust storms in West Asia: Iran

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Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated one of the main reasons behind sand and dust storms in West Asia is the wars imposed on the region by extraregional powers.
Environment

Iran president urges forming joint fund to finance environmental measures, tackle dust storms

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The Iranian president has called for the establishment of a joint international fund to tackle dust particulates.
Environment

Iran seeking joint action with Saudi Arabia on sand storms

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Iran mulls a joint action with Saudi Arabia to contain the sand and dust storms that emanate from the Arab country’s Empty Quarter desert, according to head of the Iranian Department of Environment.
Environment

Premature fall in summer in Isfahan

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Climatic changes, drought, temperature stress and lack of water flow in the landmark Zayandehroud River have led to chlorosis, or yellowing of normally green leaves, and premature fall of plantain trees in recent years in Isfahan.
Environment

Iran cleaning up oil spill in Genaveh, Persian Gulf

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Work is under way to clean up two large stretches of oil patches off the southern Iranian port city of Genaveh in  the Persuan Gulf, head of Iran’s Environment Protection Organization said.
Environment

Oil stains spotted in Iran’s Grenaveh port city, Persian Gulf

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The head of the environmental protection department in the Iranian port city of Genaveh has reported the presence of oil stains in the sea and on the coast along the Persian Gulf.
Environment

Strange, but real, haze in Iran’s Mazandaran Province

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Horizontal visibility in parts of Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, has decreased to only 500 meters.
Environment

Hoor-al-Azim’s gradual death dashes hopes of revival

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Hoor al-Azim, Iran’s largest border wetland on the border with Iraq, is dying a gradual death, latest images by Iran’s Students News Agency (ISNA) show.
Environment

Environmentalist: Anzali Wetland in northern Iran likely to dry up soon

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An Iranian environment activist has warned the Anzali Wetland in the north of the country will reduce to isolated, shallow ponds in five years’ time.
Environment

Unprecedented drought in Mazandaran Province, as revealed by pictures

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Drought in Mazandaran is spreading along with the threat to food security. Mazandaran Province in northern Iran is experiencing its driest days in the last 10 years.
Environment

Neighboring countries blocking water inflows into Caspian Sea: Official

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Iran’s environment chief says water levels at the Caspian Sea are going down as the inflow of water is blocked by neighboring countries.
Environment

First incinerator in northern Iran used to generate power

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The first incineration plant in northern Iran has been up and running since 2020.
Environment

Iranian MP warns of danger from YV radiation in Tehran

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An Iranian menber of parlianent warns that the situation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in Tehran has become critical and has hit the grave milestone of 12.
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.
Environment

Weather service declares Zabol, Iran’s hottest spot on earth

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A weather forecast service has said Zabol in Iran’s southeast was the hottest place on earth over the past 24 hours.
Environment

Official: Gavkhoni Wetland in central Iran dried up 100%

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An Iranian environmental official says Gavkhouni Wetland in the central province of Esfahan has dried up “100 percent,” citing satellite images, amid a lack of downpours and scorching temperatures in the hot season.
Environment

Satellite images show troubled Lake Urmia recovering gradually

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With the inauguration of the first phase of a water transfer system from Kani Sib Reservoir Dam to Urmia Lake in West Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, the situation of the body of water, severely hit by drought, has witnessed a boost.
Environment

Iranians join world people to mark Earth Hour 2023

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Iranians mark Earth Hour 2023, an annual event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature asking people worldwide to “go dark” for an hour in support of efforts to save energy and raise awareness for environmental issues and climate change.
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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