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Iran Lacks Water Planning

The importance of recycling used water is understood more today by the Iranian environmental authorities, but converting theories to practice needs more investment. Mohammad J....

Tehran Residents Complain About Air Pollution and Water Quality

According to the World Bank, most of the pollution in Tehran is caused by heavy-duty vehicles, motorbikes, refineries and power plants. Smog is mostly caused...

Birds in Iran Migrate Between Polluted to Less-polluted Cities

Once part of the urban horizon, crows are leaving Iranian cities. Since the 1980s scholars have studied the influences of urbanization on the environment, particularly...

Motorbikes Produce Almost Half of Tehran’s Sound Pollution

Yes, noise is a form of pollution from motorized vehicles that’s bad for your health. Sound pollution in Iranian cities is hitting an all-time high....

Going Against The Grain of Desertification In Iran

Iran is home to two of the world’s largest deserts. But the country needs better planning to block these deserts from growing. Desertification threatens biodiversity...

The Oldest Iranian Is Dying

Listed as one of the oldest trees in the world, the Iranian cedar of Yazd, is dying. The oldest living Iranian creature, a cedar tree...

New Pedestrian Projects in the Center of Tehran

Two more streets in center of Tehran will be changed to pedestrian streets. These two are Bab-Homayoon and Naser-Khosro streets in highly busy center of...

The Compact City As Sustainable Urban Form Can Reduce Air Pollution

Middle East cities started “compact” and dense but now suffer from the same problems as the west. Tehran’s recent Smog Holidays show’s us something is...

Oil Exploration In Iran’s Little Africa?

Is nothing holy anymore? The Iranian Government rubber stamps oil exploration in the country’s most important national park. The Iranian government has decided to start...

Will Iran Be Ready for the Next Tsunami?

Historical documents and a break down of a telegraph machine suggest tsunamis occurred in the recent past. Will Iran be ready for the next one?...
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