Al-Monitor l Zahra Alipour: With Iran to its south and Russia to its north and west, the Caspian Sea is not only rich in oil and natural gas reserves, but it is also the worlds primary and largest habitat for the beluga, the most famous of the caviar sturgeons, as well as four other sturgeon species. This ancient fish, often described as a living fossil,...

TEHRAN Oct 29 (Shana)--It would be unfair to ignore improvement in the quality of Tehrans air, advisor to head of Department of Environment (DOE), Esmail Kahrom said. Responding to the recent wave of criticism against pollution in Tehran, he said various elements lie behind pollution in Tehran, not just the quality of gasoline. Its undeniable that ...