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Iran is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Iran contributes to about 1.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and is ranked 8th in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) world wide and is ranked first in the MENA region due to its reliance on oil and natural gas.
Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Persian Plateau. Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries. The mountains enclose several broad basins, on ...
The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [ 7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. [ 8] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been ...
Get the Tehran, Tehran local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut ( Persian: دشت لوت, "Emptiness Plain"), is a salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran. It is the world's 33rd-largest desert, and was included in UNESCO 's World Heritage List on July 17, 2016. [ 2] The name is derived from 'Lut' which means bare and ...
The Iran Meteorological Organization, also called the Met Department, is an agency of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development of the Government of Iran. Headquartered in Tehran, it is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology, operating hundreds of observation stations across Iran .
The Iran blizzard of February 1972 was the deadliest blizzard in history, as recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. [ 1][ 2] A week-long period of low temperatures and severe winter storms, lasting 3–9 February 1972, resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 people. [ 3] Storms dumped more than 7.9 metres (25 ft 11 in) of snow across rural ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Iran's acting President Mohammad Mokhber and cabinet members at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniya in Tehran, Iran on July 07, 2024.