Ancient Iranian Heritage Sites Suffer Flood Damage
Flash floods have inflicted $60 million worth of damages to ancient historic sites in 19 provinces since March, according to Vali Teymouri, the deputy director for tourism at the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and...
Thousands of Migratory Birds Dying of Bacterial Infection in Iran Wetlands, Expert Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Thousands of migratory birds have died of apparent bacterial infection in the Miankaleh Wildlife Sanctuary and Wetland, in the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan, according to Dr. Behrang Ekrami, a member...
Iran’s Handling of Recent Floods Condemned by Environmentalists
By Natasha Phillips
Mar. 29 - At least 44 people have died in flash floods in Iran. The announcement was made by Hamid Reza Khankeh the deputy head of Iran’s emergency organization and published in Iranian...
Venice Festival May Screen Jafar Panahi’s Documentary on Iran Flood Victims
A documentary film by the award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi and the veteran actress Pouri Banayi on the plight of people in the southern flood-stricken provinces of Khuzestan and Lorestan could be screened at...
Drought in Iran Could Spark Malaria Pandemic, Health Official Warns
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi has warned that severe drought could reintroduce diseases that had previously been controlled in Iran, including malaria, typhoid, tropical sore (Cutaneous leishmaniasis) and cholera.
Speaking at a medical seminar...
Iran’s Regions Are Hit by Severe Drought, Water Shortage
Despite a 220 percent increase in rainfall in the past 11 months, 97 percent of the urban, rural, and nomadic populations of Iran continue to experience drought and water shortage, ISNA (Iranian Students News...
Southern Iranian Soil from Fields, Farms Being Smuggled to Qatar, Official Says
Dirt from farms and grasslands in southern Iranian provinces has been smuggled to Qatar for the past decade to be used for creating man-made islands and new land along the Persian Gulf coastline, the...
The Struggle to Save Iraq’s Last Persian Leopards
By Charlotte Bruneau and Mohammed Jalal
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, April 21 (Reuters) - Tying a camera trap around a tree trunk on Bamo mountain in Iraq's Kurdistan region, brothers Bahez and Nabaz Farooq Ali hope to...
SPECIAL REPORT – He Returned to Iran to Help Save Its Environment. He Had...
TORONTO, Canada, April 27 (Reuters) - Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani's career was in full bloom as he settled into his seat in early 2018 for a flight home from Bangkok to Tehran.
Though raised in the Iranian...
ANALYSIS: Iran’s Water Resources Require Urgent Action
By Hamed Mohammadi and Roshanak Astaraki
Water has always occupied an important and unique place in the global culture and literature of Iran. It is no accident that the Persian nouns Abadi and Abadani (development, settlement, village) start with...
