Tensions between the Azerbaijani and Kurdish residents of Urmia spiral sporadically in this northwestern city, now part of ...

In northwestern Iran, the once-vast expanse of Lake Urmia has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, losing more than 95 percent of its water because of drought, dam-building and overpumping.

Iran is facing a deepening water crisis, with forecasts indicating a second consecutive dry winter across the broader region.

It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran's great Lake Urmia finally appears to be stabilising and officials see the start of a revival. Lake Urmia, ...

Policies favoring new dams and drilling wells over promoting conservation have left Iran facing severe water shortages.

In just over a year, Iran has endured deadly flash floods, crop-ruining drought, punishing dust storms and heatwaves that ...

Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New ...

The complete drying of Lake Urmia threatens 15 million people with toxic salt storms, as a local MP accuses Tehran of diverting revival water to other provinces.

With water shortages and drought worsening, some Iranian officials are promoting cloud seeding to increase rainfall — but ...

The country is experiencing its sixth consecutive year of drought, with reservoirs supplying several major cities, including ...

A decline in rainfall and reduced inflow to Tehran province’s dams have left a reservoir with enough water supply for just ...