Health and Environment

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May 26, 2025

Health and Environment

The Animal Abuser of Today, the Human Abuser of Tomorrow/ Morteza Hamounian

From time to time, the media reports incidents of animal abuse committed by some of our fellow citizens. These cases involve pets and wild animals subjected to cruelty by people or zoos that, instead of serving as sanctuaries and care centers, become places of torment for animals. What is happening is a form of violence […]...

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Created By: Morteza Hamounian
November 21, 2024

The Challenging Path to Animal Rights in Iran/ Hormoz Sharifian

Beyond humans, who are referred to in Islam as “the noblest of creatures” and described by philosophers as homo sapiens due to their reasoning and intellect, numerous other living beings inhabit the Earth. Each plays a critical role in the natural cycle and ecosystem. Science has proven that the absence of any one of them—even […]...

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Created By: Hormoz Sharifian
November 21, 2024

World Water Day, or Mirage?/ Good Melody of Kowsar

For decades, many people have been celebrating World Water Day on the first week of the year and trying to awaken the sleepers on this day. But I mostly remember the Day of the Dead in Mexico (Día de los Muertos) where they drink, dance, and laugh in memory of the dead. Although I do […]...

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Created By: Nikahang Kowsar
March 20, 2024

The Importance of Public Transportation for Human Rights / Alireza Goodarzi

Human rights have a relatively long but limited list. Every year, some claims are added to them, but what we recognize as human rights are still those that are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the two Covenants – namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant […]...

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Created By: Alireza Goodarzi
November 22, 2023

The impact of public transportation renovation on reducing air pollution/ Maryam Avishan and Ali Yousefi

According to the World Bank report in 2016, air pollution has been identified as the deadliest type of pollution and the fourth leading cause of premature death worldwide. In recent years, major cities in Iran – including Tehran – have been seriously affected by air pollution, with a significant contribution (over 60%) from mobile sources. […]...

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Created By: Maryam Avishan and Ali Yousefi
November 22, 2023

“Establishing green walls, a nature-based solution and a current necessity for the country/ Maryam Khajouandi and Mehrush Khajouandi”

Planting Hara trees, as bioshields on the coasts, also known as green walls and plant barriers, is currently being developed by the local community in Gujarat, India. These farms consist of both Hara and non-Hara species. Local communities plant Hara trees along the sea, salt-resistant trees in the middle layer, and forage plants in the […]...

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Created By: Mehrvash Khajvandi
October 23, 2023

The crisis of drought in Lake Urmia, an environmental disaster/ Saeed Vafa

The wetlands of Lake Urmia are extremely valuable ecosystems that have tremendous impacts on biodiversity, local economy, and climate regulation. These ecosystems not only attract tourists and researchers, but also serve as habitats for migratory birds, unique animal species, and plants. Recently, the dire situation of Lake Urmia, the third largest saltwater lake in the […]...

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Created By: Saeed Vafa
August 23, 2023

Sustainable Urban Planning: Revisiting Automotive Infrastructure/ Maryam Khajouandi and Mehrush Khajouandi

Finias Harper writes, instead of desperate efforts to reduce traffic congestion on roads in the short term, policymakers should use traffic as a tool to make urban transportation more sustainable. New research claims that London’s roads are the busiest in the world. However, instead of wasting money and emitting uncontrollable greenhouse gases by building new […]...

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Created By: Mehrvash Khajvandi
August 23, 2023

Burning diesel, violation of the right to a healthy environment / Ehsan Haghi

The right to a healthy environment is one of the examples of human rights that legal experts in this field consider as part of the third generation of human rights. According to the “United Nations Conference on the Human Environment” statement, adopted on June 16, 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden, the preservation of the human environment […]...

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Created By: Ehsan Haghi
July 23, 2023

A Look at Iran’s Blue Diplomacy towards its Neighbors/ Amir Aghaei

The capacity that water has gone. One of the most important challenges facing humanity is the scarcity of resources in general and water resources in particular. This scarcity does not necessarily mean a crisis. What turns water scarcity into a water crisis is poor governance and management, which can turn the serious challenges of resource […]...

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Created By: Amir Aghayi
June 22, 2023

Environmental governance system in the world and Iran / Fatemeh Shafiei

Introduction. In recent decades, with the growth and development of industry and the increasing spread of prosperity, the environment has been severely damaged in two processes: extraction from natural resources and the return of waste and pollution to the air, soil, and water. This has become one of the major challenges for many countries in […]...

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Created By: Fatemeh Shafiei
May 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence or a maintenance plan; which one is the competitor of Iran’s human force in unemployment? / Mozhdeh Bagheri

In recent months, the technology giants of the world have been unveiling their various products in the field of “artificial intelligence”. While the hot topic in the global IT world these days is the emergence of different assistants such as ChatGPT, in Iran, IT companies are still facing a threat called the “Protection Plan”. These […]...

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Created By: Mojdeh Bagheri
April 21, 2023