Shiva Bakhtiari

Shiva Bakhtiari is an Iranian researcher and member of the Biofuel Research Team based at the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran.

Iran | Aug 17, 2015

Esfahan’s bridges to history threatened by development, neglect

The Iranian city of Esfahan is renowned for it centuries-old bridges, but these architectural marvels are under threat due to pollution, neglect and a governmental water diversion scheme.

(FILES) Iranian women look at the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 arches bridge) on Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan 13 July 2002. A young French tourist has been shot dead by a known criminal in the Iranian city of Isfahan, one of the country's main tourist draws, the Fars news agency reported 10 December 2007. AFP PHOTO/Behrouz MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran | Mar 19, 2015

Iran may turn to biofuels amid worsening pollution

As pollution increases in Iran, Iran may finally turn to biofuels, despite previous failed attempts to do so.

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Motorists travel on a highway in Tehran as the city is covered in dust July 6, 2009. The government closed private educational centres, state offices, industrial units and military bases for two days and raised its pollution alert status due to the dust, which an official from Tehran's environment office attributed the source to dust from dried marshland in Iraq blown towar

Iran | Feb 17, 2014

The return of Iran’s agricultural sector

The appointment of the founder of a major biotechnology application to head of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) has renewed hopes that agriculture in Iran is on the cusp of a revival.