tackle 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, 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).

  • 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.

  • Iran, Turkey to set up SDSs warning, assessment system 2022-03-08 16:50

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Iran, Turkey to set up SDSs warning, assessment system

    TEHRAN – Iran Meteorological Organization (IMO) and Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS) signed an agreement on Tuesday to establish the Regional Center for West Asia of the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System.

  • 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.

  • Borderless collaboration for a borderless disaster 2021-08-07 19:54

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Borderless collaboration for a borderless disaster

    TEHRAN – Sand and dust storms (SDSs) are blowing thousands of kilometers in and out of the national borders of 150 countries these days, and their statelessness necessitates negotiations for political intervention between several countries.