As Iran faces an unprecedented drought, the chronic incompetence of the country's officials is driving millions into a fully ...

Iran has re-emerged at the centre of international attention, following Israeli attacks on the Middle East’s second-largest country on June 13. Stretching from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Gulf ...

In the most immediate sense, Iran’s drought has been triggered by low autumnal rainfall. This capped a dry summer marked by ...

Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.

Iran is laying plans to cut off water supplies periodically to Tehran’s 10-million-strong population as it battles its worst ...

Policies favoring new dams and drilling wells over promoting conservation have left Iran facing severe water shortages.

The crisis extends far beyond Tehran. Nationwide, 19 major dams — roughly 10% of Iran’s total — have effectively run dry. In ...

In one of Iran’s starkest public health assessments, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeisi has described a growing crisis driven not by nature but by human activity: more than 57,000 Iranians lose ...