Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened concern over Iran’s enriched uranium. By Erika Solomon Iran said Thursday ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- For Googoosh, Iran's most-famous singer, life always has been balancing act of one kind or another.

Iran has urgently requested international assistance to combat a devastating wildfire that has been raging for nearly three weeks in the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, which have been listed as a UNESCO ...

Tehran was engulfed in thick smog on Friday as stagnant weather trapped pollution over the capital, intensifying a nationwide environmental emergency already compounded by water shortages, energy ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The city depends on five major reservoirs for its water supply. One has dried up ...

Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. The situation in Tehran is the result of “a perfect ...

Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Imamzadeh Saleh Shrine in Tajrish, Tehran, on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from a severe water crisis. Authorities in Tehran warned last ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Mene Ukueberuwa and Kim Strassel. Iran is running out of water. “If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to ...

DUBAI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Rainfall caused floods in parts of western Iran on Monday, after months of drought led to the worst water crisis in decades and pushed authorities to begin cloud seeding over ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Dr. Vahid Abedini, a professor at the University of Oklahoma with a valid work visa, was detained by ICE on Saturday before being released several days later on Monday. Abedini, ...

A barrel vault of steel and brick fronted by glossy turquoise tiles shelters this community kitchen in Iran, designed by ...

TEHRAN, Iran — A drastic new message adorns the walls of the Iranian capital, usually reserved for war heroes and weapons. “There is a water shortage!” reads the government poster's slogan, inside a ...