TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state media say heavy rains triggered flash floods that killed 11 people in a mountainous area in the country's north.

More than 70 per cent respondents in Uganda, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Peru, Brazil, the Philippines and India said they were more concerned about climate change than economic instability, ISIS and Iran's nuclear programmes.

Iran will be allowed to conduct research and development (R&D) with uranium for advanced centrifuges during the first 10 years of a nuclear agreement with major powers, according to the text of

TEHRAN- An official at the Department of Environment announced that 3,000 billion rials (about $90.8 million) were allocated to anti-desertification projects including: growing soil, stabilizing tr

TEHRAN- Iranian officials at the Department of Environment will introduce new bill with tougher penalties for wild animal poaching, Mehr news-agency reports on Saturday.

TEHRAN -- Head of the Department of Environment has said that 35 million Iranians are affected by air pollution.

Nowadays, aquatic organisms are used as bio-indicators to assess ecological water quality in western regions, but have hardly been used in an Iranian context. We, therefore, evaluated the suitability of several indices to assess the water quality for an Iranian case study.

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TEHRAN -- Noise pollution in downtown Tehran is 15 to 25 decibels (dB) above the healthy threshold, says chief of staff of environment and stable development of Tehran Municipality.

TEHRAN -- Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says that the municipality under his leadership is considering measures to reduce air pollution in Tehran by 50 percent in the course of 4 years.

TEHRAN - Iran launched a new satellite into orbit on Monday "successfully," state IRIB TV reported.

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