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Cough Cough Just How Bad Was Tehran’s Air Pollution This Past Wednesday?

by The IranianDecember 6, 2018

*Cough Cough* Just How Bad Was Tehran's Air Pollution This Past Wednesday? On Wednesday, the weather in the Iranian capital Tehran was unhealthy for sensitive...

Environment,

Iran’s Wildlife Population Shrinking At Alarming Rate

by Tehran TimesNovember 19, 2018

The country's wild species population is shrinking at an alarming rate as many of the species are facing a decline being killed in car crashes...

Environment, Life,

Flash Floods In Northern Iran

by Mehr NewsOctober 8, 2018

Heavy rain in the north of Iran has caused floods that have left trail of destruction in many villages and about 27 cities. The rivers...

Environment, Life,

Photos Of Drought In North Khorasan Province

by Mehr News AgencySeptember 11, 2018

According to Iran's Meteorological Organization, 98.1 percent of the country suffers from varying degrees of drought. The following photos show drought in northeastern province of...

Environment, Human Rights,

Iran’s Environmental Crisis: The Grass Beneath Two Fighting Elephants

by Fatemeh AmanJuly 18, 2018

U.S. sanctions aimed at making Iran act like a “normal country” have had a disastrous effect on Iran’s environment and that of the entire region...

Environment,

Iranian MP: Four Provinces Are Facing Risk Of Famine

by Middle East MonitorMay 28, 2018

An Iranian MP said, Sunday, that the residents of four provinces are facing the threat of famine. Mohammad Naim Aminifard, the head of the representatives...

Environment, Politics,

How The US Occupied The 30% Of Syria Containing Most Of Its Oil, Water And Gas

by Whitney WebbApril 17, 2018

After the U.S. launched “limited” airstrikes on Friday against Syria, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced that the U.S. will maintain its illegal presence...

Arts and Literature, Environment,

The Greatest Land Art Project In Iran

by Mina JahanshahiApril 15, 2018

Land art is an art movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, largely associated with Great Britain and the United States and has risen...

Environment,

Iran Struggles With Potentially Explosive Environmental Crisis

by James M. DorseyApril 9, 2018

Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked a popular uprising in...

Environment, News,

Clashes Between Iranian Forces And Farmers In Isfahan

by Ali NejadMarch 9, 2018

Iranian farmers are feeling the pressures of drought and water shortages. The situation is getting worse each year since no water means no crops. The...

Environment, Science and Tech,

Iran’s Environmental Problems Are An Opportunity For Regeneration

by Daryan RezazadJanuary 30, 2018

When uber-warmonger regime change cheerleader Thomas Friedman gets on the Iran water crisis bandwagon you know for sure something toxic is brewing in the backroom. This is...

Environment, Politics,

Water And Conflict In Iran

by Esfandyar BatmanghelidjJanuary 27, 2018

The most important sentence in the Persian language is arguably “Baba ab dad.” The sentence means “father gave water.” It is the first sentence taught...

Environment, Film and Theatre,

The United Nations Joins Forces With Iranian Artists For Climate Change Film

by Leonardo FaiermanJanuary 14, 2018

A new educational animated short film has been released, a production possible through collaboration between Iranian artists and filmmakers and the United Nations Industrial Development...

Environment,

Iran Moves To Save Last Asiatic Cheetahs With Artificial Insemination

by Parastoo MalekJanuary 11, 2018

Head of the Asiatic Cheetah Conservation Project, Houman Jokar, announced that a team of experts from France will soon arrive in Iran to perform artificial...

Environment,

Basra’s Barrier Against Poisoned Iranian Water Crumbling

by Saleem al-WazzanJanuary 7, 2018

A soil barrier built to protect Basra’s farms and oil fields from polluted water flushed out of Iran is leaking. It’s the latest in a...

Environment,

Drought In Sistan

by Hoshang Tareh GolDecember 19, 2017

The province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in south-east corner of Iran with a population of almost three million mostly Sunnis, has been coping with challenges...

Environment, Human Rights,

Iran’s Discriminatory Policies Harm Ahwazis And Destroy The Environment

by Rahim HamidNovember 26, 2017

A new wave of dust storms has hit the cities of Ahwaz in the south and south west of the country, a phenomenon to which...

Environment,

After Iran-Iraq Earthquake, Seismologists Work To Fill in Fault Map Of The Region

by Amir SalareeNovember 16, 2017

With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the largest ever recorded in this area....

Environment,

As The Middle East Heats Up, UN Climate Change Talks Are Under Pressure

by Christophe MarounNovember 14, 2017

As the world's nations meet in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual conference of the parties (COP23) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...

Environment, News,

Photos And Videos Of Deadly Earthquake Near Iran-Iraq Border

by RFE/RLNovember 13, 2017

Rescue workers and desperate relatives are digging through debris in a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border killed more than...

Business, Environment, Science and Tech,

Iran’s Koan: How To Achieve A Good Future Is Right In Front Of Us

by Daryan RezazadNovember 8, 2017

This is Part Two which was written and published 20 months ago. Part One can be found here. The Iranian will publish Part Three soon....

Environment, Science and Tech,

Growth, Energy And Climate: A View From Iran

by Daryan RezazadOctober 23, 2017

For the past several months most Iranians have been caught up in a “wait-and-see” collective mindset. Below the surface, in the murky shadows, movement can...

Environment

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