Rows of worshippers, some with their faces raised toward the sky, others with their heads bowed, prayed for rain at a mosque in Tehran earlier this month. Theirs is an increasingly desperate plea. The ...

Tehran is experiencing an unprecedented water crisis. Satellite imagery analysis shows that key reservoirs that feed the capital are far below their typical seasonal variation. The Iranian president ...

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If you’re looking for a temperature check on the state of the planet’s ecological decline, this is it. For decades, Tehran has faced an oncoming water shortage, brought on by environmental changes, ...

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tehran is running out of water. The city depends on five major reservoirs for its water ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent, and Adam Roberts, our digital editor, are just back from a rare reporting trip to Tehran. They join our top editors in the studio to discuss what they ...

Faucets are beginning to run dry in Tehran. The cause is not climate change, although Tehran suffers from drought, but rather decades of the Islamic State’s mismanagement and corruption. In response, ...