{"id":15201,"date":"2013-11-10T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/society\/15201-iran-schools-closed-in-tehran-due-to-pollution"},"modified":"2023-01-15T02:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T01:06:52","slug":"iran-schools-closed-in-tehran-due-to-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-schools-closed-in-tehran-due-to-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Schools closed in Tehran due to pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"tehran-pollution\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/01\/tehran-pollution.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>NCRI &#8211; The Iranian regime&#8217;s authorities close down Tehran&#8217;s schools for three day starting Sunday due to pollution, the state-run broadcaster said.<\/p>\n<p>Also the working hours have been reduced for Monday and Tuesday as air pollution has reached alarming level.<\/p>\n<p>The air pollution in Tehran is blamed on heavy traffic and use of domestically produced low quality gasoline.<\/p>\n<p>A number of cities in Iran are considered to be the world&#8217;s highest polluted cities.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 people were hospitalized in a southern city of Ahwaz on November 5 where air pollution levels spiked this week.<\/p>\n<p>At least 5,000 people rushed to the city hospitals in Ahvaz seeking medical assistance after pollution levels increased last week, the head of provincial health department has declared.<br \/>The Iranian city of Ahwaz is the most polluted city in the world, based on data compiled by the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p>The list of the most polluted cities in the world published by the business news website Quartz includes names of four cities in Iran&#8221;: Ahwaz, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, and Yasouj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The Iranian regime&rsquo;s authorities close down Tehran&rsquo;s schools for three day starting Sunday due to pollution, the state-run broadcaster said. 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