A major capital city in the Middle East will have to be relocated due to water shortages and overcrowding, the President has said. Iranian leader Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran is no longer ...

The only factor that could have slowed the plan was rain, but autumn, too, passed without it. With drinking water supplies for more than 10 million ...

As Iran faces one of its worst droughts in decades, President Masoud Pezeshkian has revived a long-debated plan to move the capital city Tehran. But the country needs to address first the root causes ...

TEHRAN--Measures taken in various areas of Tehran in recent years have brought the capital city one step closer to ...

Iran’s “water bankruptcy” has pushed its largest city to the brink, raising questions about cloud seeding, cloud theft, ...

Iran faces one of its most challenging water crises in recent memory. The capital city of Tehran, home to millions, now stands at the center of a potentially catastrophic situation that could reshape ...

Iran's capital Tehran is counting down to 'day zero' - the day the water runs out, and the taps run dry.

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports he had rushed back to Washington to work on a ...

Tehran's mayor, Alireza Zakani, has said the city is gradually increasing surveillance in areas such as subway stations where women without a hijab are being barred from entering public transport. “We ...