UAE, Iran to cooperate to fight dust storms
Dust storms in the region have been severe.
![A picture taken on February 18, 2017, shows a general view of a bridge in the Iranian city of Ahvaz during a sandstorm.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-07/GettyImages-642604156.jpeg?h=c97ac499&itok=FxVIIs5a)
The United Arab Emirates and Iran are planning to work together to fight worsening dust storms in the region.
The environment ministries in both countries will sign a memorandum of understanding tomorrow to exchange expertise on combating dust and sand storms. The agreement follows a decree by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the need for diplomacy in the mitigation of the storms, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.