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, ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Tehran's reservoirs hold just 3% of capacity excluding Taleghan dam, with rainfall 97% below long-term averages in the worst drought on record, the head of Tehran's water and ...

Tehran, the capital of Iran, is facing a water crisis so severe that Iran’s president has warned that residents may eventually need to evacuate. Weeks have passed without any rain, and uncertainty is ...

A plume of heavy smoke and fire rise from an oil refinery in southern Tehran, after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike, on June 15, 2025. Israel pressed its intense bombardment campaign on Iran ...