Beneath the country’s political and economic crisis lies a more destabilising force that is still largely missing from international analysis: environmental breakdown.

The air is polluted, the water is drying out and the land collapsing. Many Iranian farmers have been forced to give up their ...

Iran’s water crisis now fuels unrest, exposing how sanctions, corruption and mismanagement have turned environmental collapse into a political crisis.

Air pollution is the latest environmental crisis causing havoc across Iran. Large parts of the country are already suffering from a drought, one of the worst in decades. Its wetlands are dry, and its ...

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Iran’s protests are often framed as economic, political or ideological. Yet a deeper ecological crisis is eroding the fabric of society. View on euronews ...

Widespread discontent in Iran has sent millions of protesters into the streets. Poor environmental planning embodies one of ...

NOVEMBER 2025- Iran’s Vice President Shina Ansari meets with the Turkish delegation during her visit to Belém for the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil- (Photo by Ahmet Okur/Anadolu via ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The anti‑government protests sweeping across Iran, from major cities to ...

Safashahr, a small city in the mountainous north of Fars province in Iran, faces the same problems as many other parts of the country: a worsening water crisis and increasing environmental degradation ...