More surreal than a movie. [ essay ] It was July 4, 2009. The protests had almost died out, but we were determined to make a last stand before the anniversary of 18th of Tir, the day marking the ...

Iran's capital city finds itself facing what experts are calling an unprecedented water emergency. The situation has grown so dire that government officials are discussing scenarios once thought ...

BORROWING A PAGE from Stalin's Russia, Iran's increasingly wobbly regime has embarked on a contemptible spectacle of show trials as a means of punishing opponents who dared question the disputed June ...

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.

Decades of mismanagement and environmental exploitation, and an unprecedented drought have left Iran teetering on the edge of a water crisis. With no rain on the horizon, the president has warned that ...