Posts Tagged ‘ Iran environment ’

Crisis of waste handling and disposal, persistent pollution in northern forests

April 24, 2022
Crisis of waste handling and disposal, persistent pollution in northern forests

Expert and environmental activists in Iran warn that 1.5 hectares of lush greenery and pristine Hyrcanian forests and Saravan around Rasht in northern Iran are polluted and destroyed annually by dumping various wastes used as landfills. About 16 hectares of forestlands in Saravan are currently polluted by household, industrial garbage, and special hazardous materials mixed…

One hundred and sixty years in prison, 1480 lashes, and fines for 22 environmental activists in Iran

April 10, 2022
One hundred and sixty years in prison, 1480 lashes, and fines for 22 environmental activists in Iran

Decades of government mismanagement of environmental issues in Iranian cities have left neither healthy air to breathe nor clean, sufficient drinking water. The construction of underground projects and tunnels with the lack of environmental regulations by companies affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards and the Ministry of Energy has created chronic and irreparable waste and pollution…

Stop construction of the petrochemical plant in Miankaleh

April 7, 2022
Stop construction of the petrochemical plant in Miankaleh

According to various reports, the Iranian regime plans the construction of a giant petrochemical complex in northern Iran. The plan was confirmed during a recent visit to Miankaleh in Mazandaran province by the Interior Minister last month. Apparently, the destructive environmental project has also received official approval from the Ministry of Industry. Interestingly enough, both…

The Lask dam will destroy the environment

May 23, 2019
The Lask dam will destroy the environment

Construction of the dam in this area is entirely against the environmental considerations, and it can even be claimed it will be a medium of the environmental destruction in the future.