Environment

Environment, Politics,

How The US Occupied The 30% Of Syria Containing Most Of Its Oil, Water And Gas

by Whitney Webb1 week ago

After the U.S. launched “limited” airstrikes on Friday against Syria, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced that the U.S. will maintain its illegal presence...

Arts and Literature, Environment,

The Greatest Land Art Project In Iran

by Mina Jahanshahi2 weeks ago

Land art is an art movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, largely associated with Great Britain and the United States and has risen...

Environment,

Iran Struggles With Potentially Explosive Environmental Crisis

by James M. Dorsey2 weeks ago

Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked a popular uprising in...

Environment, News,

Clashes Between Iranian Forces And Farmers In Isfahan

by Ali Nejad2 months ago

Iranian farmers are feeling the pressures of drought and water shortages. The situation is getting worse each year since no water means no crops. The...

Environment, Science and Tech,

Iran’s Environmental Problems Are An Opportunity For Regeneration

by Daryan Rezazad3 months ago

When uber-warmonger regime change cheerleader Thomas Friedman gets on the Iran water crisis bandwagon you know for sure something toxic is brewing in the backroom. This is...

Environment, Politics,

Water And Conflict In Iran

by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj3 months ago

The most important sentence in the Persian language is arguably “Baba ab dad.” The sentence means “father gave water.” It is the first sentence taught...

Environment, Film and Theatre,

The United Nations Joins Forces With Iranian Artists For Climate Change Film

by Leonardo Faierman3 months ago

A new educational animated short film has been released, a production possible through collaboration between Iranian artists and filmmakers and the United Nations Industrial Development...

Environment,

Iran Moves To Save Last Asiatic Cheetahs With Artificial Insemination

by Parastoo Malek3 months ago

Head of the Asiatic Cheetah Conservation Project, Houman Jokar, announced that a team of experts from France will soon arrive in Iran to perform artificial...

Environment,

Basra’s Barrier Against Poisoned Iranian Water Crumbling

by Saleem al-Wazzan4 months ago

A soil barrier built to protect Basra’s farms and oil fields from polluted water flushed out of Iran is leaking. It’s the latest in a...

Environment,

Drought In Sistan

by Hoshang Tareh Gol4 months ago

The province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in south-east corner of Iran with a population of almost three million mostly Sunnis, has been coping with challenges...

Environment, Human Rights,

Iran’s Discriminatory Policies Harm Ahwazis And Destroy The Environment

by Rahim Hamid5 months ago

A new wave of dust storms has hit the cities of Ahwaz in the south and south west of the country, a phenomenon to which...

Environment,

After Iran-Iraq Earthquake, Seismologists Work To Fill in Fault Map Of The Region

by Amir Salaree5 months ago

With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the largest ever recorded in this area....

Environment,

As The Middle East Heats Up, UN Climate Change Talks Are Under Pressure

by Christophe Maroun5 months ago

As the world's nations meet in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual conference of the parties (COP23) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...

Environment, News,

Photos And Videos Of Deadly Earthquake Near Iran-Iraq Border

by RFE/RL5 months ago

Rescue workers and desperate relatives are digging through debris in a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border killed more than...

Business, Environment, Science and Tech,

Iran’s Koan: How To Achieve A Good Future Is Right In Front Of Us

by Daryan Rezazad6 months ago

This is Part Two which was written and published 20 months ago. Part One can be found here. The Iranian will publish Part Three soon....

Environment, Science and Tech,

Growth, Energy And Climate: A View From Iran

by Daryan Rezazad6 months ago

For the past several months most Iranians have been caught up in a “wait-and-see” collective mindset. Below the surface, in the murky shadows, movement can...