With worsening air pollution in Tehran and an orange warning issued by the Meteorological Organization, all football matches and training sessions in Tehran province were canceled on Saturday, November 23. According to the IRNA news agency, Tehran's Air Pollution Emergency Working Group also banned outdoor school sports activities and sports activities on all Saturdays and Sundays. The meteorological organization predicted that alongside the stability of the atmosphere, the concentration of atmospheric pollutants in industrial and dense cities, especially Tehran, Karaj, Isfaya and Arak, would increase and the air quality would decrease.