Tehran, IRNA – Iran has launched a major campaign to plant 1 billion saplings across the country in four years.

The campaign was launched on Monday in ceremony attended by President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.

The ceremony came on the 15th day of Esfand (the last month of the Iranian calendar year), which marks Iran's National Tree Planting Day.

Iran's minister of agriculture Javad Sadatinejad, mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani and members of Tehran's Islamic City Council also attended the ceremony.

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