Iran’s capital and surrounding province will shut for a day due to a heat wave

TEHRAN Iran AP Iranian executive offices banks and businesses in the capital province of Tehran will shut down on Wednesday due to an intense heat wave and the need to conserve ability state-run media announced With temperatures in the capital exceeding degrees Celsius degrees Fahrenheit the executive has advised citizens to stay indoors during peak heat hours IRAN daily on Monday quoted administration spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani urging residents to take measures to reduce electricity and water consumption The statement announced that all governmental offices banks and businesses in Tehran province will be closed on Wednesday In July Iran ordered one-day national holiday due to high temperatures following a two-day holiday in Borazjan in southern Bushehr province was the hottest city in the last hours with a maximum temperature of C F Source