Iran- Kid dies of air pollution in Ahwaz

Eleven year old Foad Hanafi died of asthma in Ahwaz, center of the south western county of Khuzestan, on February 23^rd, just a few days before Iran’s sham elections.

Another kid, also in Ahwaz, was reported to have died for the same reason. Fearing people’s protests Rouhani government ordered the media not to publish the news.

 Tuesday, February 23^rd, Ahwaz