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By Robert Tait, The Telegraph, Middle East Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/middleeast\/iran\/9724438\/Iranians-told-to-flee-Tehran.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi \u2013 the only female minister in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government \u2013 issued the drastic advice as soaring pollution levels prompted a rise in hospital admissions and the emergency closure of schools, universities and government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“If Tehran’s inhabitants are able to leave the city, it would be good for them to do so,” she said, according to the Arman newspaper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Air pollution in Tehran, photo: Hamid Najafi<\/a> via flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her comments came after Tehran, one of the world’s most polluted and traffic-clogged cities, was enveloped by a choking poisonous haze which experts say was severe even by its standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hospitals recorded a 15 per cent increase in admissions as doctors were called on to treat patients suffering from respiratory ailments, headaches and nausea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amid a flurry of official warnings, even Mr Ahamdinejad was forced to cancel the government’s weekly cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

It is not the first time the Iranian city’s authorities have been forced into such measures.<\/p>\n

In 2006, officials estimated that 120 people had died from pollution-related illnesses every day in the months of October and November alone.Tehran’s official responsible for clean air at the time described life in the city as “mass suicide”.<\/p>\n

Air quality can decline significantly during the winter as a combination of cold, still air and the surrounding mountains produces a film of trapped smog that reduces visibility to a few hundred metres, driving many residents to wear face masks. Large numbers of motorbikes and elderly Peykan cars \u2013 modelled on the British Hillman Hunter and often without air-filters \u2013 are thought to be a contributing factor.<\/p>\n

Despite Mrs Vahid Dastjerdi’s advice, it remains to be seen how many residents resort to the action once taken by Tehran’s black crow population, which according to environmentalists, fled in a mass exodus in 2008 during a pollution outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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