31.12.2010, 12:47
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Tehran Times Political Desk
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“Motto of ‘Two Children Are Enough’ is a formula for extinction of a nation,” Ahmadinejad told a gathering of intellectuals and academics in Karaj on Tuesday.
Under the presidencies of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, the family planning was widely promoted in Iran with the motto of ‘Two Children Are Enough.
“Many intellectuals and academics have been brought up in large families. Interactions among children in large families facilitate the development of their talents,” Ahmadinejad said.
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Tehran again on smog alert, emergency meeting held
Tehran Times Social Desk
TEHRAN – Air pollution has again reached an alarming level in Tehran, forcing officials to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday.
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Officials had previously taken some stopgap measures like closing schools, universities, and government offices and imposing special traffic restrictions, but the choking smog did not dissipate and the problem was only temporally relieved for few days due to a short period of rainy weather condition.
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Experts have blamed domestically manufactured cars which do not conform to the international environmental standards and low quality gasoline produced in domestic refineries for the air pollution.
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