TEHRAN, Iran -- Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran's capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched ...

Iran, straddling the Middle East and Asia, long has been arid due to its geography. Its Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges ...

IRAN’s capital city is now on the brink of a major water crisis after water levels hit a record low. Tehran may be forced to ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday.

By bnm Tehran bureau Iran’s Bank Mellat recorded a capital adequacy ratio of approximately 13.5% based on approved financial statements, the bank reported on December 15. The capital adequacy ratio is ...

Gunmen have killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

Iran has carried out 24 executions in two days - one every two hours - as the country’s use of capital punishment soars. The ...

Tehran – Iran ’s capital city, which boasts a population of 14.4 million – is choking to death. Schools and nurseries shut ...

Iran has had six straight years of drought. Temperatures, meanwhile, have risen to over 50 degrees centigrade this past ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but large parts of the country have barely seen a drop as the nation faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Several key reservoirs ...

Iran’s “water bankruptcy” has pushed its largest city to the brink, raising questions about cloud seeding, cloud theft, ...