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Environmental Hazards Jeopardizing Iranian People’s Social Health: Rouhani

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The Iranian president says having a healthy environment is a social right and one of the fundamental principles of citizens’ rights, but environmental problems imperil social health and security.
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Iran to Produce Electric Engines for Vehicles

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The Science and Technology Department of the Iranian President’s Office and the Tehran Municipality have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on advanced transportation and designing a platform to electrify vehicles.
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Iranian Company Develops Advanced Air Pollution Monitoring Devices

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An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured advanced devices for flue gas analysis, emission and particulate matter measurement, and air purification.
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Iran Seizes South Korean-Flagged Chemical Tanker in Persian Gulf

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Iran has seized a South-Korean-flagged chemical tanker in its southern waters over "chemical pollution" of the Persian Gulf, informed sources say.
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Air Polution Returns to Tehran as Winter Looms

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The citizens of Tehran should now wear their face masks not just to contain the spread of the COVID-19, but also to protect themselves against the air pollution which annually hits Tehran as the winter looms.
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Iran’s IRGC Using RQ-170 Drones to Seed Clouds

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The Aerospace Division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it is using a reverse-engineered version of the American unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-170 to seed clouds.
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European Envoys Join Tehran Mayor in Car-Free Day Cycling

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The ambassadors of France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany along with Pirouz Hanachi, the mayor of Tehran, used their bicycles on Tuesday on the occasion of World Car-Free Day.
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Environmentalists Rescue Flamingos Caught in Salt in Northwestern Iran

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A group of Iranian environmentalists have rescued six flamingo chicks that were caught in the salt on the western shores of Lake Urmia.
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Iranian Village Comes to Be Known as “Litter-Free Village” Nationwide

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An Iranian village has come to be known as the “trash-free village” in the country as one may find no litter there.
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Bones Exhibition; A Link between Human Body and Nature

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Iranian artist Atash Shahkarami is holding an exhibition of her paintings called "The Bones" at Tehran’s Vista gallery.
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Iranian Artist Depicts Human Impact on Environment

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Rash is the title of an exhibition of paintings by Ali Mo’ameri, which deals with the negative impacts of human interference on the environment and nature.
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Iran Deploys Military Choppers to Put Out Zagros Wildlife

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The Airborne Division of the Iranian Army Ground Force as well as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have deployed their helicopters to help extinguish a wildfire in the country’s south-west.
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Sanctions Hindering Move Towards Sustainable Development, Iran Tells UN

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The Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development has been held as a virtual meeting chaired by the UN undersecretary general and the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
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Iranian Electric Bikes to Break into Market

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Iran-made electric motorcycles will get into the market very soon in an effort to reduce air pollution and cut the gas subsidies currently paid by the government.
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Big Afforestation Project Kicks Off around Tehran

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President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a major project to establish a stand of trees covering an area of 1,290 hectares around the metropolis of Tehran.
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Iran’s Leader Plants Sapling on Arbour Day

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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has planted two saplings on the Arbour Day and the beginning of the National Week of Natural Resources.
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Iran to Use Get E-Bikes for Its Mail Service

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The postal service of Iran is going to utilize electric motorcycles as part of plans to curb air pollution.
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Iran Gives Prison Sentences to Environmental Activists

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Iran has given eight environmental activists prison sentences ranging from 4 to 10 years on charges of working with the United States and acting against Iran’s national security.
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Iran Building 11 Rubber Dams

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Iran’s Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian says 11 rubber dams are under construction across the country with the purpose of protecting the environment, particularly in the northern provinces.
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Researchers Remove Sulfur from Petrol to Decrease Air Pollution

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Iranian researchers at the University of Isfahan have conducted a study on removing sulfur from petroleum compounds, as a major step towards better automotive performance.
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Iran Starts Postal Drone Services

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Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has unveiled a plan to use unmanned aerials vehicles as a new way to deliver mail in the country.
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Blind Girl Collects Trash at Chabahar to Raise Awareness

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A blind Baluch girl and social activist symbolically collects the garbage dumped by the people on the shore of Darak in Chabahar port.
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Air Pollution Shuts Down Schools, Universities in Tehran

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All kindergartens, schools, and universities of Tehran and some other Iranian cities have been shut down on Saturday because of heavy air pollution.
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Operation Underway to Stop Leak Off Iranian Rig

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Iranian authorities say a major leak that has taken place off an oil rig in the Persian Gulf waters is being contained as they insist more work would be needed to stanch the expanding spill.
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Iran to Use Vegetation to Clean Oil-Contaminated Areas

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Researchers at the University of Tehran have managed to identify and introduce native plants that can be used in refining the contaminated soil of oil-rich Gachsaran County in southern Iran.
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