Severe sand and dust storms

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  • Iranian delegation heading to Iraq for SDSs containment 2022-10-21 17:39

    Iranian delegation heading to Iraq for SDSs containment

    TEHRAN – Iran will dispatch a team of experts to Iraq on Saturday to visit critical sand and dust storms (SDSs) hotspots, Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi, head of the national working group for mitigating SDSs, has said.

  • Iran ready to cooperate with UN, regional countries to tackle SDSs 2022-10-07 17:18

    Iran ready to cooperate with UN, regional countries to tackle SDSs

    TEHRAN – Iran is ready to cooperate with regional countries and the United Nations to minimize the effects of sand and dust storms (SDSs), a member of the Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations has said.

  • Iran, Iraq, and Syria to start action plan on dealing with SDS 2022-08-31 18:37

    Iran, Iraq, and Syria to start action plan on dealing with SDS

    TEHRAN – The Iranian Department of Environment (DOE) will kick off negotiations with Iraq and Syria to launch an action plan for fighting sand and dust storms in the region.

  • Iran, Iraq ink MOU to deal with dust storms 2022-07-15 16:36

    Iran, Iraq ink MOU to deal with dust storms

    TEHRAN – A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Iran and Iraq with the aim of confronting the phenomenon of sand and dust storms (SDSs).

  • Iran, UAE to enhance co-op in dealing with SDSs 2022-07-11 16:28

    Iran, UAE to enhance co-op in dealing with SDSs

    TEHRAN – A memorandum of understanding (MOU) will be signed between Iran and the United Arab Emirates with the aim of regional convergence to deal with the phenomenon of sand and dust storms (SDSs).

  • 43% of wetlands to become dust-rising hotspots 2022-06-01 18:48

    43% of wetlands to become dust-rising hotspots

    TEHRAN – Some 43 percent of the country’s wetlands have the potential to become a source of sand and dust storms (SDSs), Sedigheh Moddares, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE) has stated.

  • Intl. meeting on SDS control to be held in Tehran 2022-05-20 18:04

    Intl. meeting on SDS control to be held in Tehran

    TEHRAN – Tehran will host an international meeting on controlling sand and dust storms (SDSs) in July, with the presence of the ministers of 12 countries that give rise to the highest amount of dust, IRNA reported.

  • Sources of SDS increase year by year 2022-05-14 17:41

    Sources of SDS increase year by year

    TEHRAN – Over the past two years, the precipitation rate has been on a downward trend, as a result, sources of sand and dust storms (SDSs) have increased compared to a year before, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management has said.

  • SDSs mitigation requires enhanced diplomacy 2022-04-12 16:30

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    SDSs mitigation requires enhanced diplomacy

    TEHRAN – Controlling sand and dust storms (SDSs) requires strengthening diplomacy, and it will never be eradicated unless international institutions reach a consensus.

  • Dust storm from Iraq, Syria and Jordan hits western Iran 2022-03-05 17:05

    Dust storm from Iraq, Syria and Jordan hits western Iran

    TEHRAN – A dense mass of sand and dust storms entered western Ilam province from the deserts of Iraq, Syria, and Jordan on Friday morning.

  • UN ready to support Iran’s dealing with SDSs 2021-10-09 18:22

    UN ready to support Iran’s dealing with SDSs

    TEHRAN – The United Nations (UN) is ready to support cooperation at regional and trans-regional levels with Iran to deal with the negative effects of sand and dust storms, Letizia Rossano, head of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), has stated.

  • SDSs, drying wetlands increasing alarmingly 2021-09-13 17:17

    SDSs, drying wetlands increasing alarmingly

    TEHRAN – The occurrence of sand and dust storms (SDSs) phenomenon is increasing alarmingly across the country due to drying up wetlands, which is worrisome, head of deserts at the Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization has stated.