Tehran’s air pollution

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  • Is air keeping us alive or killing us? 2023/01/02

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Citizens of metropolises dream of clean air

    TEHRAN – In the past, the air was supposed to keep us alive, but it seemingly has changed its duty, like many other things, to kill us.

  • Clunker vehicles to be blame for air pollution 2022-12-27 17:09

    Clunker vehicles to be blame for air pollution

    TEHRAN – The main reason behind Tehran's air pollution is the traffic of old cars and diesel motorcycles, head of air health and climate change department of the Ministry of Health has said.

  • Deaths attributed to air pollution increased by 87% 2022-11-21 18:55

    Deaths attributed to air pollution increased by 87%

    TEHRAN – During the last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2021-March 2022), the number of all deaths attributed to long-term exposure to PM2.5 particles increased by more than 87 percent compared to a year before, Abbas Shahsavani, head of air health and climate change department of the Ministry of Health, has said.

  • Mobile sources responsible for 83% of Tehran’s air pollution 2022-11-13 19:24

    Mobile sources responsible for 83% of Tehran’s air pollution

    TEHRAN – Some 83 percent of air pollution in Tehran and 70 percent in other big cities of the country are caused by mobile sources, Abdollah Motevalli, deputy director of the Standards and Quality Inspection Company, has said.

  • Over 21,000 Iranians die of air pollution in year 2022-08-31 20:00

    Over 21,000 Iranians die of air pollution in year

    TEHRAN – During the past [Iranian calendar] year (March 2021-March 2022), more than 21,000 people died in 27 cities of the country due to air pollution, Darioush Gol Alizadeh, head of the national center for weather and climate change affiliated with the Department of Environment, has said.