Several arrests at protest over northwest Iran lake disaster
iran-hrm - The state security forces have arrested at least 16 people at protests over the drying up of Lake…
Environment
Academics and Ex-Officials call for Re-Examination of Jailed Environmentalists’ Case in 2,780-Strong Statement
Iranwire - More than 2,700 Iranian public figures and civil society actors have penned a joint open letter to Gholamhossein…
Iran’s Raisi links regional dust storms to Western hegemony
Al-Monitor - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi accused Western powers of playing into the destruction of environment by tapping into the Middle East's…
UAE, Iran to cooperate to fight dust storms
Al-Monitor - The United Arab Emirates and Iran are planning to work together to fight worsening dust storms in the…
Offices Closed in Five Iranian Provinces Due to Air Pollution and Dust Storms
Iranwire - Offices and some schools have been closed in Khuzestan, Yazd and 16 cities in Isfahan province due to…
Fatalities Reported As Earthquake Rocks Southern Iran
rferl.org - A powerful earthquake rocked southern Iran overnight, officials reported on July 2. Iranian state television reported that at…
Official: Zayanderud Dam Water Reserves are 70 Percent Depleted
Iranwire - A year on from mass protests spurred by the water crisis in Iran, the Zayanderud dam is now at…
Open Letter by Former Cellmates of Imprisoned Conservationists in Iran
CHRI - Former female cellmates of a group of wildlife conservationists who’ve been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since January 2018 penned the…
A brief review of destruction of environment in Iran in four decades
Iran-HRM - World Environment Day is an opportunity to briefly review the environment in Iran which is devastated in the…
Iran, Iraq, Syria to cooperate on sandstorms
Al-Monitor - Iran, Iraq and Syria have pledged to work together on the sandstorms plaguing the region. The official Islamic Republic…