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...
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...
Data on Iranian Cheetah Population Curtailed by Wildlife Camera Restrictions
By Azadeh Karimi
Information on the population of the Asiatic cheetah in Iran is incomplete because of severe restrictions on the number of camera traps that can be used in wildlife sanctuaries, according to Morteza Eslami,...
ANALYSIS: Will Iran’s Climate Inaction Fuel Rising Disaster Threats?
By Sanam Mahoozi
LONDON, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves that have pushed temperatures as high as 48 degrees Celsius...
Tehran Abstains on UN Resolution on the Right to a Clean Environment
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Tehran’s Chronic Mismanagement and Illegal Land Grabs Drive UNESCO Forests Toward Collapse
DUBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighbouring Turkey sending firefighting planes, Iran's top environmental official said on Saturday.
The fire threatens the Hyrcanian forests,...
Iran’s Gasoline Crisis: Clean Labels, Toxic Reality
By Kayhan Life and Kayhan London Staff
Leaked data from Iran’s energy sector offer a rare, unvarnished look at how the country’s gasoline crisis has been managed—and mismanaged—over the past decade. The documents suggest a...
Iran Faces Water Shortage and Heightened Risk of Flooding
By Azadeh Karimi
A four-year-old boy is the latest victim of a flood caused by the overflow of the Kaju River’s banks near Ghasre Ghand Country in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Flash...
Tehran Grants Bail to British-Iranian Environmentalist on Security Charges – Lawyer
DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) - Iran has granted bail to British-Iranian environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who has been convicted of security offences, his lawyer was quoted as saying by the semi-official ILNA news agency on Wednesday.
The report came a...
