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A Pentagon report names two individuals as Iranian intelligence agents. NIAC worked with them and organized a Congressional briefing for them. Also, NIAC worked with editor of Iraninterlink, identified by the report as VEVAK’s website.

Tehran’s residents have been urged to abandon the Iranian capital to avoid its notoriously toxic air, with officials warning it had become “dangerous.” Hospitals recorded a 15 per cent increase in admissions as doctors were called on to treat patients suffering from respiratory ailments, headaches and nausea.

Twenty-seven environmental independent art festivals have been held since 2004 in Iran, in different cities. More than 30 artists participate in these festivals.

In explaining the Green Party’s position, Hezarkhani writes: “I believe that for the current Iranian regime, the one and only goal of their nuclear weapons project is to avoid being ousted from power. Therefore, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) will never concede on this issue. The regime’s negotiations with the West are only to buy time – an agreement has never been their intention.”

The fate of a shrinking salt lake is the last thing you would expect football fans to chant about – but Iranians are doing all they can to stop a looming ecological disaster. Lake Orumieh in north-west Iran, one of the world’s largest salt lakes and a Unesco biosphere reserve, is disappearing due to drought and government mismanagement, and has become a major cause of concern for environmental activists and ordinary people in the Islamic republic.

Iran has declared a two-day public holiday in Tehran after air pollution hit dangerous levels. Tehran’s downtown skyline was barely visible.

Recent political turmoil in the Islamic Republic of Iran, is only part of the problems facing this country of more than 70 million. The country’s fragile eco-cycle is also at risk, much of this due to developmental aspects which have been occurring in many parts of county, while environmental issues have taken a back seat.

Source: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2005/2005-09-01-05.asp A camera trap set to photograph wildlife in a remote section of Iran has captured images of the largest group of Asiatic cheetahs ever documented in Asia, a team of American and Iranian wildlife scientists said Tuesday. The pictures show an adult female and her four cubs resting in the shade of a tree… Continue reading Rare Asiatic Cheetahs Photograhed in Iran

by Laurie Marker CCF Newsletter Number 18: Summer 2002 Source: http://www.cheetah.org/?nd=ics_iran Once ranging from the Red Sea to India, the last of the Asiatic cheetah, perhaps fewer than 100, exist on the edge of Iran’s Kavir Desert, where suitable prey is very scarce. CCF and IUCN’s Cat Specialist Group have been encouraging international support to… Continue reading CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society to Save the Iranian Cheetah