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Friday, March 28, 2014

Tehran: New Year Holidays and Not Many Cars

Tehran during Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays 

It’s obvious that the main cause of Tehran’s unbearable air pollution is thousands and thousands of automobiles which have now left the city and the low-quality gasoline they use.

Photo credit: Abdolvahed Mirzazadeh/ISNA, 28 March 2014

8 comments:

  1. Correction. It's cheaply made cars using 1970s tech. Car related severe air pollution is non-existent in advanced countries.

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    1. The most productg of Iramn Khodro fullfilliong EU-4

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    2. Car related Air polution is "non-existent in advanced countries" ? are you kidding me

      http://news.yahoo.com/eleven-eu-nations-exceed-air-pollution-ceilings-eea-153943874--finance.html;_ylt=A0LEVxBU7DZTqCYA7cVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0ZGViNms2BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM4NV8x

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    3. Car emmisions are the single greatest cause of air pollution in the US as well as in the EU

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    4. Didn't you hear about the recent pollution crisis in Paris? The much of the city was shut down because of the bad air.

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    5. Paris' smog is awful, Brussels Belgium is even worse.

      http://news.yahoo.com/photos/layer-smog-covers-city-brussels-friday-march-14-photo-134559650.html;_ylt=A0LEVzbCYThTUXwA8MVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzbWU3YjByBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNARjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDM3OF8x

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  2. Iran's odd celebrity Amou Haji 80 years old has found the recipe for a long life.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539704/The-worlds-ineligible-bachelor-Iranian-wash-60-years-smokes-animal-faeces-whip-mean-decomposed-porcupine.html

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  3. Interestingly Presstv and the Tehran municipality is promoting tourism in Tehran during nowruz due to its lack of traffic.
    http://www.presstv.com/detail/2014/03/23/355799/tehran-nowruz-milad-tower/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BjKnOk74Sg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMdMKxUTR8M

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