The head of Iran’s environment protection agency Shina Ansari says the country’s delegation to the United Nations climate change summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, known as COP29, will focus on the impacts of unjust sanctions imposed by the US on Iran’s environmental efforts.

Head of the Department of Environment of Iran Sheena Ansari has called for regional cooperation to help resolve the problem of dust storms faced by Iran and other countries in the region.

In a decree, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed a new deputy for environmental affairs.

SHANA - An official with the Department of Environment (DOE) says all the petrochemical facilities operating in Iran will be equipped with an online monitoring system for their emissions. Shina Ansari said the system will monitor emission of nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur from the facilities 24/7, adding 24% of the country's major industries ...