Financial Tribune - The increasing number of dilapidated vehicles plying the streets, ineffective remedial schemes, inefficient urban management and climate change effects have made living and breathing in an expanding and highly polluted metropolis like Tehran very difficult. Based on the data released by Tehran Air Quality Control Company, Tehrans ...

Financial Tribune - Charts regularly published by Tehran Air Quality Control Company show that all through October, Air Quality Index hovered between 51 and 100, showing the dominance of "moderate" status Tehrans residents experienced a more stable air condition during October after being exposed to hazardous emissions in early fall, mostly due ...

Financial Tribune - Tehran residents enjoyed bright blue skies during the month of Mehr that ended on Oct. 22 as air quality in the metropolis was not as toxic as it was in the past few years during the same month. According to Tehran Air Quality Control Company data every year when the cold season arrives the mercury dips and pollution is trapped ...

Financial Tribune- A s Tehran's air quality began to hit unhealthy levels, the authorities were left with no other choice but to take the same emergency short-term measures such as traffic restrictions and schools closures. The air quality index began to rise over the healthy threshold of 100 on Friday and reached 115 on Saturday. To help alleviate ...

IRNA - Air pollution has prompted Iranian authorities to close schools in the capital Tehran and other major cities across the country. The capital's Air Quality Index (AQI) was reported at 149 and declared unhealthy for the sensitive groups of population, including the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with heart problems. Schools ...

Financial Tribune- Tehran experienced the highest air quality in the Iranian month of Khordad (May 22June 21) in the past six years, data on Tehran Municipalitys air quality website showed. Based on World Health Organization Guidelines, air quality indices are split into six categories: clean (0-50), healthy (51-100), unhealthy for sensitive groups ...

Financial Tribune- Lorestan Province's air quality index reached hazardous levels on Monday due to dust storms originating from Iraq. Mehrdad Fat'hi Beiranvand, the head of the provincial office of the Department of Environment, said the concentration of dust particles was around four times above the acceptable threshold, Tasnim News Agency reported....

Financial Tribune- Air quality in Tehran and other metropolises is gradually improving, thanks to the strategies of the Department of Environment, says an environment official. According to Saeed Motessadi, DOE's deputy for human environments, Tehran saw 160 days of "unhealthy" days when air quality index exceeded 100 in the Iranian year ending ...

Financial Tribune- Tehran's air quality, which deteriorated on Saturday following a short respite on Friday, is expected to last until Monday morning. Despite wind speed picking up, it will not be enough to have an impact until at least Sunday evening, ISNA reported, quoting the Tehran Air Quality Control Company. Tehran's air quality index was ...

IFP- Air pollution in the Iranian capital, Tehran, had reached an alarming level, prompting authorities to shut down all schools for a couple of days. However, the rain started falling on Sunday and the Air Quality Index (AQI) gradually improved. The AQI showed a red status warning last week, indicating that the air is unhealthy. According to ...