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

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

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

Recent protests in Iran erupted over economic collapse and political repression. But beneath the discontent, analysts also ...

Iran’s latest wave of unrest is not only about inflation, repression, or factional politics. It is about people who can no ...

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

Even in the scale of global attacks on civilians and crackdowns on dissent, the magnitude of Iran’s violence against protesters stands out.

Here’s how the protests across Iran and deadly regime crackdown echo previous moments of anti-government unrest, and how they diverge.

The broader pattern of American policy makes the danger to Tehran unmistakable. The Trump administration has demonstrated a ...

Without changes and a deal with US to lift sanctions, Iran could be set for further unrest, analysts say ...

When it comes to the spy agency and Iran, there is always far more than meets the eye.