MNA While the Department of Environment (DOE) has issued a construction license for Lask dam on Anzali wetland, counting its advantages, some are still expressing worries: what are the unpredictable effects of building the dam on the regions ecosystem and are the DOEs reasons convincing? Covering more than 19,000 hectares, Anzali wetland ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Iran's efforts to counter worsening dust storms have been hampered by conflict in the region, the deputy head of the environment department said on Saturday. "We signed agreements with the Iraqi and Syrian governments in 2010 and 2011 to help them counter the source of dust storms," Masoud Tajrishi told a news conference ...

Xinhua -- Ultraviolet (UV) radiation around Urmia Lake in northwest of Iran has quadrupled over the past 10 years, putting life health at risk, Financial Tribune daily reported on Sunday. The increase in UV radiation, due to the decreasing water level, has a multitude of impacts on health including the result of cataract at its worst, Masoud Tajrishi,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran plans to save the endangered Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of the country in joint cooperation with Japanese experts, the secretary of Oroumiyeh Lake Revival Headquarters said Monday. At a press conference on Monday, Mohammad Masoud Tajrishi underlined the government's determination to save one of the world's largest saltwater ...

Tehran, June 18, IRNA An official in charge of Orumiyeh Lake revitalization organization said on Saturday that the environment of the lake has been stabilized. Speaking in a local conference, Masoud Tajrishi said that in the past three years better management of water resources, dredging up operation of Siminrood and Zarinehrood (name of two rivers) ...

in the current water year (started Sept. 23, 2014), 135 million cubic meters of water enter the critically-endangered Lake Urmia, according to an official involved in the Urmia Lake Restoration Program. Speaking to IRNA, Masoud Tajrishi, the head of the programs scientific working group, said due to moderate rainfall and diverting water from reservoirs,...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA Vice-Chancellor of Sharif University for Research and Technology Masoud Tajrishi said on Tuesday that his university this year ranked 27th in the list of world top universities with less than 50 years of age. Tajrishi, addressing a ceremony to appreciate top research records in Sharif University this year, said it should be taken ...