PhotoTEHRAN — Days of protests against dust storms, power failures and government mismanagement in one of Iran’s most oil-rich cities subsided on Sunday after security forces declared all demonstrations illegal. In addition to the short-term effects of the dust storm, the city is wrestling with longer-term environmental challenges. The Iranian authorities did not allow a New York Times reporter to visit the city. The complex mix of problems facing the city, from dust, to water shortages and unemployment, may prove hard to solve. “But for us from Ahvaz, pollution means you can’t see two meters ahead and everything is covered in brown dust.”

Source: New York Times February 19, 2017 20:00 UTC