Tasnim Heavy air pollution caused by haze and dust particles in Irans southwestern city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, has surged to 60 times above safe levels, crossing the hazardous level, in which the entire population is likely to experience adverse health effects. According to the latest data released by the Environmental Protection Organization ...

IRNA Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei agreed with the Iranian government's suggestion to spend 150 million dollars for fighting particulate pollutants in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, said a parliamentarian from Khuzestan on Tuesday. In the budget bill of the next Iranian year [starting from March 21,...

IFP- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered two top officials to immediately visit Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran to deal with the ongoing problem of dust pollution. Rouhani on Monday asked Head of the Department of the Environment Issa Kalantari and Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati to follow up on plans to tackle pollution caused ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, January 21, and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Several newspapers today covered the Iranian foreign ministrys statement to blast the state TVs attacks on the Iran nuclear ...

IFP - Kindergartens and schools in 15 cities of Irans southwestern province of Khuzestan will be closed down on Saturday because of heavy dust pollution. The Crisis Management Department of Khuzestan Province, in a statement, announced that kindergartens, as well as primary, secondary and high schools in 15 cities of the provincewould remain ...

Financial Tribune- The government has earmarked $100 million to combat dust storms in the next fiscal year that begins on March 21. The money, which will be supplied from the National Development Fund of Iran, will be used to implement key projects such as reforestation, mulching and revival of wetlands and rivers that have become major hotspots ...

IRNA - Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar called her talks with Iraqi officials positive and promising. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, she said, We are trying to stabilize the soil and resolve the crisis of particle pollution through engagement with all sides. Sources of the dust pollution crisis in ...

president.ir- President Rouhani visited soil stabilisation programme on Thursday during his visit to Khuzestan province. Visiting one of the critical centres of dust creation around Ahwaz city, Dr Rouhani was briefed on efforts aimed at soil stabilisation and sapling planting.

IRNA- President Rouhani arrived in Ahwaz, the capital city of Khuzestan province on Thursday and told reporters at the airport: From the first days of this situation in the province and Ahwaz that lead to several other problems such as water, power, and telecommunications cut, the government has planned measures to prevent it from happening again. ...

MNA President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Ahwaz on Thursday morning to address the issue of dust and water pollution.We would plan and make important decisions for problems Khuzestan is dealin with, Rouhani said upon his arrival in Ahwaz among the reporters. President said that planning has started since the first days dust pollution hit the province ...

Financial Tribune- A large portion of the United Nations budget for combating dust storms and desertification is allocated to Africa while Middle Eastern countries, which are also struggling with drought and dust storms, receive a minuscule share. Located in the Middle East and close to Northern Africa, Iran is the focal point of many natural disasters,...

Press TV- Iranian President HassanRouhanihas orderedofficials to promptly address problems such as dust and smoke particles, power outages and failures in the water supply and phone connections in Khuzestan. Rouhani tasked his deputy Es'haqJahangiri, InteriorMinister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli and Khuzestan Governor Gholamreza Shariati with resolving ...

IFP- As Iranian people are grappling with a dangerous dust pollution crisis in southwestern province of Khuzestan, the countrys administration and parliament are taking several measures to resolve this problem. Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati travelled to Khuzestan as the representative of Iranian President and his administration on Tuesday ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Comments by the Supreme Leader that if Europe imposes new sanctions on Iran, Tehran will retaliate and slap sanctions on Europe too dominated the front pages of Iranian ...

[caption id="attachment_151550" align="alignright" width="215"] Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri meets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad on February 16, 2015.[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran and Iraq have agreed to cooperate to counter the growing menace of dust particles at the areas along the shared border. In a ...

[caption id="attachment_151257" align="alignright" width="161"] Iranian lawmakers wore medical face masks in parliament in a show of solidarity with residents of their areas battling pollution from strong sandstorms on February 15, 2015.[/caption] TEHRAN: Iranian lawmakers wore medical face masks in parliament on Sunday in a show of solidarity with ...

[caption id="attachment_151226" align="alignright" width="166"] File photo shows Chain road accidents due to Khuzestan's thick dusty air[/caption] AHVAZ, Feb. 15 (MNA) The head of traffic police of Khuzestan Province has said during recent days thick dusty air has been the major cause of several chain road accidents in the province. Col....

For more than a week dust storms have been battering southwestern Iran, especially the region of Khouzestan and its capital Ahvaz, which is already ranked as the most polluted city in the world by the World Health Organization. Residents have been sharing their photos and their frustration on social media using the hashtag#KhouzestanCantBreathe. Authorities ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Following a heavy dust storm in Irans Western and southwestern provinces, President Hassan Rouhani's administration started taking necessary measures to confront the impacts of the air pollution. Southwestern and Western parts of Iran, including the provinces of Khuzestan, Ilam, Lorestan, Kurdistan, West and East Azerbaijan,...

[caption id="attachment_150731" align="alignright" width="173"] A severe dust storm in the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran has brought life to a halt causing schools and offices to close. The storm has also affected some of the other cities in the province of Khouzestan.[/caption] Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA A senior official with the Red Crescent Society ...