Iran is considering importing water from neighbors as it battles its worst water crisis in 50 years. Major cities face rationing, reservoirs are close to running dry, and experts see cross-border water deals as the pragmatic path forward.
With Iran facing severe water shortages after years of drought, the country's energy minister says he wants to import water from neighboring nations. Climatologist Nasser Karami told RFE/RL's Radio Farda that a deal with Afghanistan might work best.
Shervin Hajipour, the Iranian Grammy Award winner whose hit song became the anthem of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, has announced the release of his state-sanctioned debut album -- a move that has sparked criticism from some of his supporters.
Iran’s first Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) counterterrorism drill is less about joint military strength and more about sending a signal: Tehran wants the world to see it as strategically relevant, even if the exercise itself demonstrates little real multilateral capability.
Air pollution in Tehran has reached dangerous levels, leading authorities to close schools and ban truck travel. Official statistics state that unsafe air contributes to tens of thousands of deaths across Iran each year. RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi explains what's driving the crisis.
Air pollution has reached “alarming” levels in the Iranian capital, Tehran, leading authorities to close schools and universities and ban truck travel in the region in the latest environmental crisis to strike the Middle East nation.
The social media platform X rolled out a new ‘About This Account’ feature over the weekend that displays basic but key information, such as where an account is based and how it connects to the X app.
Iran has urgently requested international assistance to combat a devastating wildfire that has been raging for nearly three weeks in the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019.
A US-Iranian dual citizen has been detained in Iran and is facing multiple security-related charges, according to her son, who says authorities are using his mother to pressure him.
This edition of the Farda Briefing looks at speculation about the Saudis facilitating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program.
Iran Weather Swings From Drought To Floods After Cloud-Seeding
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran is not enriching uranium anywhere in the country after devastating air strikes by Israel and the United States in June, though it reserves the right to do so.
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