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Iran prioritizes co-op with Iraq As sand and dust storm hotspots in Iraq severely affect western and south-western regions, the administration underscores cooperating with Baghdad to address the ...

Dust and sandstorms have long affected the region but have become more intense and more frequent in recent years, with Iran particularly hard hit. Experts associate this trend with overgrazing, ...

Iran’s nomads have been making the same migration ... But the combination of persistent drought, dust storms that turn the skies orange, widespread urbanization, mobile internet, and the spread ...

Iran's capital Tehran frequently ranks among the world's most polluted cities, says Swiss-based air quality monitoring ...

Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the ... Iraq, Yemen, parts of Iran and Egypt and countries around the Persian Gulf, while it has declined in northern Iran ...

The Iranian vice president and head of Department of Environment (UAE) has expressed her country’s readiness to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in combating environmental challenges in ...

A dust storm originating in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan is exacerbating the city’s already poor air quality, resulting in haze and low visibility. Experts note that a similar phenomenon ...

(photo credit: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN) Iranian Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif has found himself at the center of a political storm at home in Iran. Zarif is well known in the West ...

Ansari announced Iran’s readiness to develop cooperation, particularly in the areas of dust storms and combating desertification, adding that addressing such challenges requires developing cooperation ...