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2025 GMT: Smog Watch. An official with the Environmental Protection Agency says 150 industrial units in Tehran Province have been shut because of the high levels of air pollution.
1855 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Detained senior reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh, who was taken to hospital earlier today because of a heart condition (see 1535 GMT), has now returned to prison.
1605 GMT: Smog Watch. An image of air pollution in Tehran --- the smog has forced the closure of schools and Government buildings today and tomorrow:
Jason Rezaian, the Tehran correspondent of The Washington Post, writes:
Level of #pollution in #Tehran today is truly shocking. Local radio got it right, saying going outside in the current conditions is suicide.
— Jason Rezaian (@jrezaian) January 5, 2013
@greenshivz Whatever the cause, no one deserves to have to breathe this.
— Jason Rezaian (@jrezaian) January 5, 2013