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Tehran residents urged to flee ‘dangerous’ pollution

Iranians cover their noses and mouths to protect themselves from pollution on a bridge in Tehran on Wednesday. (AFP)

Residents of Tehran were on Wednesday urged to leave the city, if possible, to escape a stagnant stew of choking air pollution that officials warned had reached “dangerous” levels. Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi made the appeal as her services recorded a 15 percent increase in hospital admissions in recent…

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Iran quake death toll up to 306 as 16,000 left homeless

Iran earthquake mourners via AFP

Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran killed a total of 306 people, most of them women and children, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Monday, adding that the search for bodies was ongoing. Another 3,037 were injured, of whom 2,011 were given first aid at the…

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