Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The city depends on five major reservoirs for its water supply. One has dried up ...

A dry water feature in Tehran on November 9, 2025. Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. The ...

Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but large parts of the country have barely seen a drop as the nation faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Several key reservoirs are nearly dry, and ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a ...