Tehran is now living in a countdown. After one of the driest years on record, Iranian officials and foreign observers are warning that the capital is edging toward “Day Zero,” the moment its taps ...

Iran’s deepening water crisis has taken a dramatic turn, as mounting tensions with Afghanistan over dam projects converge with the near-total collapse of Lake Urmia and growing fears of a humanitarian ...

Soaring summer temperatures in Iran and widespread blackouts have pushed the government to shut down public offices in at least 12 provinces and warn of a possible nationwide week-long closure to ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I'm looking into ...

Low water levels of Latyan Dam that provides water to Tehran, Iran on May 8, 2025. Credit - Bahram/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite.

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In a small town in southern Vermont, not far from the lauded ski slopes of Okemo, there's water gushing out of the back of a treatment facility. For Chris Hughes, the assistant water and wastewater ...

Iran faces a severe water crisis due to decades of mismanagement and the worst drought in 60 years. Tehran, home to 10 million people, has started water rationing, and officials warn of possible ...

Iran is facing an intense water crisis, but help could soon come from an unlikely source – provided the "tyrants" are out of power. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a message to the ...