Araz News:  Ahmad Alirezabeighi, The member of Iranian parliament from Tabriz, told the parliament that the filters used in refineries are poor and the resulting air pollution in some areas is causing birth defects. Alirezabeighi said specific sources of pollution...

Araz News: The salty waters of South Azerbaijan’s Lake Urmia recently morphed from a deep green to a rich red, likely due to algae and bacteria blooms. Like the famous Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the Salton Sea in California,...