A heat wave and water shortages are paralyzing public life in Iran. Authorities call it an extreme drought, but climate experts say their warnings have been ignored for years.

Facing a worsening water crisis and extreme summer heat, authorities in the Iranian capital are stepping up conservation measures. In Tehran, the local government is now cutting electricity to private ...

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Iran ordered government offices and banks across much of the country to close on Wednesday as surging summer temperatures and ...

Authorities in Iran ordered government offices and banks across much of the country to close Wednesday as surging summer ...

Iranian authorities ordered many government offices to close on Wednesday in a bid to cut power consumption as a heatwave ...

Despite a decades-long global push and over $20 billion spent, polio remains entrenched in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Health ...

Pegah Banihashemi A few weeks after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, several published statements have called for a referendum and a transition beyond the Islamic Republic. One of these, signed ...

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that five Palestinians died from famine and malnutrition in the past 24 ...

Gaza has been transformed into a graveyard by Israel’s deliberate war crimes: indiscriminate bombings, targeting of civilians ...

Southern Iran is bearing the brunt of the heat. Abadan registered temperatures exceeding 122 Fahrenheit on Sunday ...

Groceries from Iran are being flogged covertly and en masse to unknowing customers across the Gulf—including in countries that profess to import none ...