Smog
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Tehran Smog Recedes in January
EghtesadOnline: The hand of nature, rain and wind, has pushed away the suffocating blanket of smog that had covered Tehran, making air in January a tad cleaner compared to the previous month.
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Public Transport Problems and Tehran’s All-Pervasive Smog
EghtesadOnline: The inefficient public transportation network in the Iranian capital has been repeatedly blamed for exacerbating Tehran’s suffocating air pollution, which recently hit the emergency…
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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…
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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…
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Tehran Schools Close Over Choking Smog
EghtesadOnline: Air Quality Index in Tehran on Tuesday hovered around 130, above the threshold of "unhealthy for sensitive groups", which has pushed authorities to take a further drastic measure…
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$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…
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Smog Recedes, Tehran Breathes
EghtesaadOnline: After two months of high-density pollutants stifling Tehran, August offered some solace and its residents once again could breathe more easily.
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Anti-Smog Fight Continues
EghtesadOnline: As part of Tehran Municipality’s unending fight against dirty air, over the past seven weeks half a million smog inducing vehicles have been fined for infringing traffic regulations.
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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…
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New Measure to Curb Smog in Downtown Tehran
EghtesadOnline: In the latest move to curb air pollution in Tehran Province, dilapidated vehicles and motorbikes will be barred from Eslamshahr County in the southwest.