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No Silver Lining for Tehran Smog

EghtesadOnline: Air pollution has become a source of serious concern to the Iranian capital’s residents in the absence of workable solutions, Tehran’s Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said while detailing plans to curb the all-pervasive smog.
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Publish Date:08/December/2019 | 11:43

Tehran Municipality Resorts to Failed Plans to Curb Tehran Air Pollution

EghtesadOnline: While the Iranian capital has been suffocating under a blanket of smog that has refused to budge over the past seven days, urban managers seem to be content taking ineffectual measures in the hope of controlling the worsening condition.
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Publish Date:01/December/2019 | 11:29

Iran's DoE Discounts Gasoline Rationing Scheme

EghtesadOnline: Gasoline rationing that started on Nov. 15 will not have any significant effect on curbing air pollution if the temperature is below 15° C, head of the Department of Environment said.
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Publish Date:30/November/2019 | 11:34

Toxic Smog Puts Tehran on Alert

EghtesadOnline: Outdoor physical exercises in all school grades have been cancelled until Friday (Nov. 15), as the sprawling city experienced its seventh consecutive day of dangerously high air pollution levels.
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Publish Date:12/November/2019 | 24:03

Tehran Mulls Modifications to Air Pollution Control Scheme

EghtesadOnline: After prolonged debates over the deficiencies of Air Pollution Control scheme, which is currently underway in the Iranian capital, Tehran Police have urged urban managers to revise the plan.
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Publish Date:09/November/2019 | 13:32

$3.4m to Help Ease Air Pollution in Isfahan

EghtesadOnline: The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the metropolis of Isfahan in central Iran, the head of Isfahan Disaster Management Organization said.
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Publish Date:20/October/2019 | 13:46

Air Pollution Control Scheme Under Magnifying Glass

EghtesaadOnline: Since a new traffic scheme was launched about 100 days ago in central Tehran for curbing traffic and air pollution , urban managers have ignited debates over its weak and strong points.
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Publish Date:06/October/2019 | 14:09

Iran: Call for National Ban on Polluting Cars

EghtesadOnline: The Interior Ministry has called for a national ban on dilapidated cars that contribute to the worsening air pollution in Iranian cities.
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Publish Date:17/September/2019 | 24:25

Public Transportation Gets a Boost in Tehran, Qom

EghtesadOnline: From adding new vehicles to the public bus fleet to purchasing new wagons for the subway, urban managers across Iran are taking measures for tackling air pollution and facilitating the daily commute of citizens.
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Publish Date:25/August/2019 | 10:39

Ozone Pollution Suffocating Tehran

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian capital city of Tehran, which has long been notorious for high levels of toxic emissions, is recently breathing ground-level ozone—an uncommon type of air pollution .
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Publish Date:07/July/2019 | 11:14

New Tehran Traffic Scheme Takes Off

EghtesadOnline: A new scheme for tackling traffic and air pollution in the central parts of the Iranian capital was inaugurated on Saturday, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and Traffic Organization said.
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Publish Date:23/June/2019 | 08:50

New Traffic Scheme for Tehran

EghtesadOnline: A new scheme for curbing traffic and air pollution in the central parts of Tehran has been planned, the director of Tehran Municipality’s Transport and Traffic Organization says.
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Publish Date:16/June/2019 | 11:40

Fuel-Efficiency List: All Locally-Made Cars Get Zero

EghtesadOnline: Gasoline consumption has reached an unprecedented average of 90 million liters per day and substandard cars are definitely the major contributors to the worsening air pollution and related problems, former deputy director of the Majlis Research Center said Tuesday.
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Publish Date:27/February/2019 | 24:17

Tehran Municipality Subsidizing e-Bikes

EghtesadOnline: As part of efforts to curb air pollution and promote electric motorcycles, Tehran Municipality is offering an incentive to e-bike buyers worth 25 million rials ($208).
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Publish Date:29/January/2019 | 15:14

Autumn Heralds Pollution Season in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: With winter approaching, a blanket of smog is enveloping Tehran. As the mountains in the north gradually vanish in the autumn haze, residents and environmentalists are once again calling for action to curb the air pollution .
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Publish Date:24/November/2018 | 13:22

JICA Helps Improve Air Quality Monitoring Systems in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: As part of a joint effort between Japan International Cooperation Agency and Tehran Municipality to reduce air pollution , decades-old air quality monitoring systems in the capital are to be replaced with new instruments from Japan.
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Publish Date:18/November/2018 | 10:42