Tehran Lacks 'Quality of Life'; Capital of the Depressed

Iranian media reported on an official report from the Tehran Municipality indicating that 99.7% of Tehran residents are not 'vibrant', and the invisible consequences of 'land use change' and 'lack of recreational and public spaces' have led citizens to experience depression. The newspaper 'Donya-e-Eqtesad' referenced a report from an official body under the Tehran Municipality that describes Tehran as the 'megacity of the depressed'. The report from the Tehran Studies and Planning Center reveals that 99.7% of Tehran residents are not 'vibrant'. The Research Center of the Parliament had previously stated in a similar report that the environmental pressure index in Tehran averages 323, indicating a 'peak crisis of inaccessibility to a suitable environment and urban services'. The 'vibrancy index' reflects the level of mental vitality or, conversely, depression. Factors such as 'chaotic city conditions', 'land use changes', 'poor state of city parks', 'inadequate waste bins', 'domination of vehicles' in the city, and 'severe lack of pedestrian and parking spaces' have been cited as hindrances to the vibrancy of the capital's citizens. The Research Center of the Parliament also referred to the decline in the quality of life in Tehran in its May report and called for a 'halt to new construction loads' in Tehran. This center noted that the environmental pressure index of Tehran, which indicates the desirability of quality of life, signals a 'crisis of low quality in areas'. A member of the Iranian Psychiatric Association also stated in September of this year to the state news agency 'IRNA' that 'Tehran ranks first among the provinces of the country with the highest incidence of depression.' Experts point to economic problems, social restrictions, governance style, lack of individual freedoms, and imposed lifestyles and dress codes, alongside urban management, as factors contributing to depression and frustration in society. Hospitals will be emptied of 'emergency medicine' in the coming years. Remember - the stigma of psychosis on political opponents; accounts from prisoners about forced transfers to psychiatric hospitals. The death of a 17-year-old schoolgirl; 'I am tired of life'. A psychiatrist: The psychological effects of the protests of Fall 1401 will continue. A report of a bitter end; western Iran leads the search for the word suicide.