Tag Archives: Iran

Iran to produce 0.4m electric motorcycles to help reduce air pollution

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Iran plans to place 400,000 electric motorcycles and 140,000 hybrid taxi cabs on the market as part of a plan backed by the Oil Ministry to help environment protection, said the managing director of Iran Fuel Conservation Company (IFCC). Elaborating … Continue reading →

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Iran Plans to Increase Supply of Euro-4 Petrol to Reduce Air Pollution

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Saeed Mahjoubi, a top official of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company NIORDC, announced proper catalyst is being purchased for the refinery to start producing euro-4 gasoline by March 2015. He further added that the Lavan oil refinery … Continue reading →

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Iran sees reduction of air pollution in Tehran

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Iran, which is experiencing some big problems relating to air pollution, is trying to resolve the problems through various ways. As a result of government’s measures to address the problems, air pollution in Iran’s capital city Tehran has diminished recently. … Continue reading →

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An Interactive Air-Pollution Map

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of every eight total deaths in the world. Air quality has gotten worse over the last decade, and … Continue reading →

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World Environment Day 2014: Top Five Most Polluted Countries

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

To celebrate the World Environment Day on 5 June, a day designated by the UN to raise awareness of environmental issues, IBTimes UK looks at some of the countries with the highest rates of pollution. According to World Health Organisation WHO … Continue reading →

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Invisible Killer Lurks in Iran’s Kurdish Cities

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

An invisible killer is claiming lives in Iranian Kurdistan, where the cities of Sanandaj and Kermanshah figure in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top 10 worst cities in the world for air pollution. Sanandaj (Sina) and Kermanshah, where traffic jams … Continue reading →

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Choking to Death in Tehran

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

You can see the air in Tehran—a faintly acrid orange haze that obscures the towering mountains that ring the sprawling metropolis. The white marble facades of the city’s soaring cement buildings are covered with a thick layer of gray soot. … Continue reading →

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Air pollution in Iran still heavy, officials seeking solution

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Respro® UK Ltd

Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started in March 2013), there have been only four healthy days in Tehran, the governor of Tehran province, Hossein Hashemi said, Iranian IRNA news agency reported on Feb. 24. Hashemi made … Continue reading →

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