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 ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, December 26, and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A top story in many Iranian papers today was the fluctuations in prices of consumer goods like eggs as well as speculations ...

Tasnim The situation in Ahvaz, the capital city of Irans southwestern province of Khuzestan, has returned to normal after a severe storm on Wednesday covered the city in dust and knocked out power for thousands of people in hot weather in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The storm swept into Khuzestan with strong gusts of wind and dust particles ...

When it comes to dust storms, there only seems to be bad news for oil-rich Khuzestan Province. The embattled southwestern province has roughly 400,000 hectares of barren land that exacerbate its near permanent struggle with dust storms that mostly originate in neighboring Iraq and Saudi Arabia. To make matters worse, the provincial sources of ...

The cities of Ahvaz and Isfahan have earned the unflattering title of Irans most polluted cities over the past decade. Speaking to Mehr News Agency, Shina Ansari, the head of Environmental Monitoring Office at the Department of Environment, said analyses of data compiled over the past 10 years show that the air in Ahvaz and Isfahan has the highest ...

[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 ...

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 ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 13 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Almost all Iranian dailies splashed on their front pages images of huge rallies across the nation to mark the victory of the Islamic Revolution 36 years ago. Reformist ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Irans Rouhani says goal of nuclear negotiations is win-win outcome President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday the goal of Irans negotiations with world powers on its nuclear program was a win-win outcome, a further signal that Tehran could accept a compromise to defuse a stand-off ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A call by officials and state institutions on the public to turn out in force for nationwide rallies on Wednesday to mark the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution ...

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Dust lingers on Ahwaz for the fifth consecutive day and the weather forecasts predicting rain have not come through forcing residents to remain home. The morning shift of schools has been closed and government offices are only offering their services after 10 AM. Dust can be seen as far as the horizon and all streets are covered with dust. Residents ...

Air pollution in Ahwaz has grown five times worse since Tuesdays air quality registers led to school closures, forcing them remain shut. Hospital emergency rooms have reported an unprecedented rise in the number of patients arriving with respiratory problems, while the head of the Khuzestan Department of the Environment reported that they are no longer ...

TEHRAN Dec 09 (Shana)--Iran plans to start distributing euro-4 gasoline in the oil-rich city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, a deputy head of the Department of the Environment said. Saeed Motesaddi said the fuel distribution plan is part of efforts to reduce air pollution in this city. He said that surveys show that the type of fuel and its distribution ...