Government incompetence can be blamed for much of this catastrophe. But even better-run countries will face this problem.

Tehran's reservoirs are running on fumes, with authorities warning that the main dam supplying the Iranian capital now holds ...

Explore the Tehran water crisis and its severe implications for residents and the government amid unprecedented drought and ...

As CNN and the AP detailed, years of overextraction — policies enacted after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, during which ...

Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution.

Restricting Tehran’s growth and water use — however politically difficult — would be more prudent than trying to engineer ...

President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, admitted on Tuesday that the water supply situation in all provinces in the country is critical.

Low water levels of Latyan Dam that provides water to Tehran, Iran on May 8, 2025. Credit - Bahram/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite.

Satellite images of key lakes and reservoirs across Iran reveal the extent of the country's crippling drought crisis. New photos show how water levels have dropped dramatically compared to images ...

Iran has been gripped by demonstrations amid the country's economic crisis, with social discontent fueling open protest ...