14:01⇢Cities Choke as AQI Hits 500
⌨The newspapers report extensively on severe air pollution crisis reaching dangerous levels of 500 AQI in several Iranian cities (Iran International, Hamshahri), leading to school and office closures for Monday (Hamshahri). Meanwhile, criticism mounts over lack of coherent maritime economic development plan, with calls to learn from international port management experiences (Borna News, IRNA, ISNA). Washington Post reports on Iran's limited missile production capacity of "one missile per week" (VOA Persian).