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

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Decades of ...

IRAN is facing one of the worst droughts in its history, with officials warning that Tehran may have to be evacuated if rain ...

Iran's capital finds itself at the center of an unprecedented water emergency that has government officials considering ...

With water shortages and drought worsening, some Iranian officials are promoting cloud seeding to increase rainfall — but ...

Iran faces its worst water crisis in decades, with Tehran and Mashhad nearing severe shortages amid drought, mismanagement, and overuse of groundwater, forcing rationing, infrastructure strain, and ...

Iran - especially its capital, Tehran - is facing an unprecedented drought this autumn, with rainfall at record lows and ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad plunged below three percent, Iranian media reports, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.

Burial costs in Iran's Mashhad have surged to record highs, with graves near the Imam Reza shrine costing nearly 2 billion ...

TEHRAN: Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad plunged below three percent, media ...