IRAN: Air pollution levels in capital prompt public holiday
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Air pollution levels in the Iranian capital of Tehran have gotten so high that authorities declared Wednesday a public holiday.
All state-run organizations (and there are many in Iran), banks and universities were shuttered (link in Persian*) by order of the Emergency Committee for Tehran’s Air Pollution.
Tehran’s population has exploded from several million 30 years ago to about 12 million.
*Mistakenly described as Arabic in previous version.