The air is polluted, the water is drying out and the land collapsing. Many Iranian farmers have been forced to give up their homes and land, and flee to the edges of cities in the hope of just ...

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March/April 2026, pp. 34-35 Special Report By Nima Shokri IRAN’S CURRENT WAVE of protests is often interpreted ...

Iran's 2026 protests erupted after a prolonged period of planned cuts to water and electricity, successive closures of educational and commercial centres, and deadly air pollution in major cities.

Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its ...

The Islamic World Science and Technology Monitoring and Citation Institute (ISC) has announced that Iran now holds the top position among Islamic nations for scientific production in electric vehicle ...