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Iran's transportation and fuel center is teaming with the country's traffic police, department of motor vehicles and Iran's Environmental Protection Organization (IEPO) to remove aged vehicles to assist in solving the country's air pollution crisis. According to TIME Magazine Iran has 4 cities named as the top ten most polluted cities in the world. As air pollution continues to be an issue in Iran, government organizations have teamed up to solve this catastrophe for good. The goal is to remove vehicles aged private automobiles, taxis, passenger busses and trucks 20 years and older because they fail vehicle emission testing which is the core foundation for air pollution. PTC (Iran's transportation and fuel center estimates there are 1,200,000 aged vehicles throughout Iran. According to Iran's Environmental Protection Organization over 70% of air pollution in Iran especially in the capital Tehran which populates close to 14,000,000 is a direct cause of these aged vehicles.) In addition there are close to 9 million motorcycles in Iran of which 3 million are over aged. In the past 9 months close to 300,000 automobiles, busses and trucks and 600,000 motorcycles have been taken off the streets. The government is also offering a low interest rate loan for residents to turn in their aged vehicles and purchase brand new automobiles. The government is giving taxi drivers a loan of almost $7,000 while bus and truck drivers can get a loan of $20,000 and $50,000 respectively. Also according to IEPO Iran petroleum factories will only produce fuel based on Euro 4 standards by the end of March 2015. Currently Iran is importing Euro 4 standard fuel till it becomes fully efficient.

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At least 29 Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, Press TV reports. Officials told Press TV that the gunmen riding motorcycles attacked the bus in Mastung area on Quetta-Taftan road of southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. About 30 other people were also injured in the shooting, according to officials. Most of the victims belonged to Hazara tribe of Shia Muslims. The bus carrying Shia pilgrims was on its way from Quetta to the Iranian border when militants targeted it. Every year millions of Muslims pilgrims flock to the holy shrines in the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Qom. Pakistani security forces reached the area and started rescue operation following the incident. The death toll is expected to rise further as most of the injured are said to be in critical conditions. No group or person has claimed responsibility for the attack. Pro-Taliban groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Muslims, and appear to have widened their terror campaign in major Pakistani cities. Several Shia religious gatherings have been targeted in different parts of the country over the past few months. Shia sources say they make up one-third of Pakistan's population of nearly 170 million. Since the 1980s, thousands of people have been killed in sectarian-related incidents in Pakistan.

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At least 29 Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a bus in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, Press TV reports. Officials told Press TV that the gunmen riding motorcycles attacked the bus in Mastung area on Quetta-Taftan road of southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. About 30 other people were also injured in the shooting, according to officials. Most of the victims belonged to Hazara tribe of Shia Muslims. The bus carrying Shia pilgrims was on its way from Quetta to the Iranian border when militants targeted it. Every year millions of Muslims pilgrims flock to the holy shrines in the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Qom. Pakistani security forces reached the area and started rescue operation following the incident. The death toll is expected to rise further as most of the injured are said to be in critical conditions. No group or person has claimed responsibility for the attack. Pro-Taliban groups have launched a violent campaign against Shia Muslims, and appear to have widened their terror campaign in major Pakistani cities. Several Shia religious gatherings have been targeted in different parts of the country over the past few months. Shia sources say they make up one-third of Pakistan's population of nearly 170 million. Since the 1980s, thousands of people have been killed in sectarian-related incidents in Pakistan.

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Three Shia Lawyers Killing in Karachi 25.01.2012 - Urdu Three lawyers died and one was critically injured in a firing incident near the City Court in the Pakistan Chowk area of Karachi, reported Express News on Wednesday. 3 city court lawyers embraced martyrdom namely 1. Shakeel Jaffri 2. Kafeel Jaffri 3. Badar Muneer four sipa sahaba terrorist (lanat ullah) on two motorcycles opened fired at the lawyers car.

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Martyr Majid Shahryari (or Shahriari) was a genius, high caliber academic, competent engineer, professor and a researcher of Quantum physics. He worked for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. On 29 November 2010, assassins riding motorcycles planted and detonated a c-4 bomb on Majid Shahryari\'s car door while he was driving. The killers had attached bombs to the professors\' cars and detonated them from a distance. This is how scared the Western governments are when it comes to the scientific development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to reports, this blatant act of terrorism was a joint operation carried out by israel\'s Mossad and America\'s CIA. #DeathToAmerica #DeathToisrael