Teheran smog kills 3,600 in a month

  • 14/02/2007

  • Down To Earth

Hazardous air pollution in Teheran has reportedly killed at least 3,600 people within a month (October 23 to November 21, 2006), prompting the city officials to call it a "collective suicide'.

Over the past one year, nearly 10,000 people have reportedly died