Climate Changed
Heavy Pollution in Iran Hospitalizes 1,500 People in 24 Hours
Smog covers Tehran’s skyline on Dec. 15.
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Authorities in Iran have shut down schools in eight provinces including the capital Tehran because of high levels of pollution, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency reported.
Schools and universities in Iran’s third-largest city, Esfahan, and its wider province, have also been closed. Other regions affected are Alborz, Eastern Azerbaijan, Bushehr, Qazvin, Markazi and Qom, according to ISNA, which cited officials in each province.