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What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. 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(WRI) Nowruz Oil Field (NOAA) The Persian Gulf Dugong Pollution in Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center Persian Gulf Biotechnology Park Journal of the Persian Gulf Marine Science Persian Gulf Satellite Images Persian Gulf Region Articles/Reports Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats? - Eco Business (September 27, 2022) Lake Urmia risks fully drying up: Iran wetlands chief - AFP (September 6, 2022) Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran - Tehran Times (August 8,2022) Iran grants environmental activist Morad Tahbaz bail - BBC (July 27 2022) Flash floods have killed at least 21 people in southern Iran - NPR (July 23, 2022) Iran floods: At least 21 killed in southern Fars province - BBC (July 22, 2022) Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake - BBC (July 17, 2022) How the EU Can Help Iran Tackle Water Scarcity - Carnegie Europe (July 7, 2022) Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region - AP (July 4, 2022) UNDP pledges support for Iran to address environmental challenges - Tehran Times (June 22, 2022) Iran ranks 133 among 180 countries in EPI - Tehran Times (June 5, 2022) Iran’s disappearing wetlands - Qantara (April 6, 2022) In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran - RFE/RL (January 26, 2022) Flash Floods Swamp Iran - NASA (January 15, 2022) Iran Says Only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left In Country - RFE/RL (January 10, 2022) Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? - Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? 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What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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(November 12, 2003) Toxic sulfur dioxide smoke across Iraq and Iran - MODIS (June 30, 2003) Oil wells burning in Southern Iraq - MODIS (March 21, 2003) Gulf environment faces worse threats - BBC (March 14, 2003) Black smoke is visible over Iraq - MODIS (February 22, 2003) Kuwait still recovering from Gulf War fires - CNN (January 3, 2003) The Environment and the 1991 Persian Gulf War (LOC) Persian Gulf Oil Fires - NOAA (February 8 - March 11, 1991) Kuwait oil Fires - April 1991 (NASA) Kuwait City Oil Fires April 1991 (NASA) 1991 Kuwait oil Fires (NASA) Smoke From The Kuwait Oil Well Fires - 1991 (NASA) Environmental Consequences Of The Gulf War - Excerpts from the Congressional Record (April 16, 1991) The Human and Environmental Aspects of the Persian Gulf War - Excerpts from the Congressional Record (March 22, 1991) Environmental and Economic Repercussions of the Persian Gulf War on Kuwait Environmental Warfare: 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR Gulf War Impact on Marine Environment and Species The Environment: Another casualty of war? (WRI) Nowruz Oil Field (NOAA) The Persian Gulf Dugong Pollution in Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center Persian Gulf Biotechnology Park Journal of the Persian Gulf Marine Science Persian Gulf Satellite Images Persian Gulf Region Articles/Reports Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats? - Eco Business (September 27, 2022) Lake Urmia risks fully drying up: Iran wetlands chief - AFP (September 6, 2022) Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran - Tehran Times (August 8,2022) Iran grants environmental activist Morad Tahbaz bail - BBC (July 27 2022) Flash floods have killed at least 21 people in southern Iran - NPR (July 23, 2022) Iran floods: At least 21 killed in southern Fars province - BBC (July 22, 2022) Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake - BBC (July 17, 2022) How the EU Can Help Iran Tackle Water Scarcity - Carnegie Europe (July 7, 2022) Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region - AP (July 4, 2022) UNDP pledges support for Iran to address environmental challenges - Tehran Times (June 22, 2022) Iran ranks 133 among 180 countries in EPI - Tehran Times (June 5, 2022) Iran’s disappearing wetlands - Qantara (April 6, 2022) In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran - RFE/RL (January 26, 2022) Flash Floods Swamp Iran - NASA (January 15, 2022) Iran Says Only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left In Country - RFE/RL (January 10, 2022) Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? - Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. 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What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. 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Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. 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And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. 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- Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. 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What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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(WRI) Nowruz Oil Field (NOAA) The Persian Gulf Dugong Pollution in Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center Persian Gulf Biotechnology Park Journal of the Persian Gulf Marine Science Persian Gulf Satellite Images Persian Gulf Region Articles/Reports Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats? - Eco Business (September 27, 2022) Lake Urmia risks fully drying up: Iran wetlands chief - AFP (September 6, 2022) Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran - Tehran Times (August 8,2022) Iran grants environmental activist Morad Tahbaz bail - BBC (July 27 2022) Flash floods have killed at least 21 people in southern Iran - NPR (July 23, 2022) Iran floods: At least 21 killed in southern Fars province - BBC (July 22, 2022) Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake - BBC (July 17, 2022) How the EU Can Help Iran Tackle Water Scarcity - Carnegie Europe (July 7, 2022) Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region - AP (July 4, 2022) UNDP pledges support for Iran to address environmental challenges - Tehran Times (June 22, 2022) Iran ranks 133 among 180 countries in EPI - Tehran Times (June 5, 2022) Iran’s disappearing wetlands - Qantara (April 6, 2022) In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran - RFE/RL (January 26, 2022) Flash Floods Swamp Iran - NASA (January 15, 2022) Iran Says Only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left In Country - RFE/RL (January 10, 2022) Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? - Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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(WRI) Nowruz Oil Field (NOAA) The Persian Gulf Dugong Pollution in Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center Persian Gulf Biotechnology Park Journal of the Persian Gulf Marine Science Persian Gulf Satellite Images Persian Gulf Region Articles/Reports Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats? - Eco Business (September 27, 2022) Lake Urmia risks fully drying up: Iran wetlands chief - AFP (September 6, 2022) Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran - Tehran Times (August 8,2022) Iran grants environmental activist Morad Tahbaz bail - BBC (July 27 2022) Flash floods have killed at least 21 people in southern Iran - NPR (July 23, 2022) Iran floods: At least 21 killed in southern Fars province - BBC (July 22, 2022) Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake - BBC (July 17, 2022) How the EU Can Help Iran Tackle Water Scarcity - Carnegie Europe (July 7, 2022) Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region - AP (July 4, 2022) UNDP pledges support for Iran to address environmental challenges - Tehran Times (June 22, 2022) Iran ranks 133 among 180 countries in EPI - Tehran Times (June 5, 2022) Iran’s disappearing wetlands - Qantara (April 6, 2022) In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran - RFE/RL (January 26, 2022) Flash Floods Swamp Iran - NASA (January 15, 2022) Iran Says Only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left In Country - RFE/RL (January 10, 2022) Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. What Would Happen To The Environment? - The Rising (January 9, 2020) US sanctions cause environmental crisis in Iran - Anadolu Agency (December 20, 2019) Adverse environmental effects may occur as Caspian Sea is shrinking: expert - Tehran Times (December 10, 2019) Did an American Billionaire Philanthropist Play a Role in the Imprisonment of Environmentalists? - The Intercept (November 27, 2019) Iranian cheetah researchers sentenced for spying - DW (November 21, 2019) Iran 'sentences wildlife activists' accused of spying - BBC (November 20, 2019) The Death And Life Of Iran's Lake Urmia - NPR (November 12, 2019) Iran observes national environment week - Tehran Times (June 9, 2019) 'Sabotaged' tanker in Gulf of Oman leaked oil - BBC (May 24, 2019) Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia - NASA (April 22, 2019) Floods Ravage Iran and Iraq - NASA (April 6, 2019) Iran’s Lake Urmia Revives Amid Heavy Rains In Recent Months - Radio Farda (April 13, 2019) Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? - Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Iran blames US after 152 dolphins die - The Guardian (November 2, 2007) Iran: Environment Takes A Back Seat To Development Plans - RFE/RL (August 27, 2007) Iran's Pollution Worries Come by Air and Water - NPR (January 31, 2007) Iran smog 'kills 3,600 in month' - BBC (January 9, 2007) Mainstreaming environment in the energy sector - the case of the energy- environment review for Iran - World Bank (December 1, 2006) Iran: Tehran Facing Critical Air Pollution -- Again - RFE (January 3, 2005) NASA Satellite allow USDA to see world's lakes rise and fall - GSFC NASA (August 27, 2003) Lake Urmia height variations (USDA) Tehran moves toward Kyoto treaty - IRIN (October 30, 2003) Iran blames Iraq for border fires - BBC (October 30, 2002) CCF Works with the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) to Save the Iranian Cheetah - CCF (Summer 2002) Wild Life in Iran - Noruz Daily (August 11, 2001) Wild asses struggle for life in Iran - CNN (July 19, 2001) Gazelle revival in Iran leaves farmers all wet - CNN (July 10, 2001) When rivers cease to flow - BBC (June 29, 2001) Environmental initiatives in contemporary Iran (June 2, 2001) Farmers quit Iran drought villages - BBC (June 20, 2001) Mesopotamia's marshes 'set to vanish' - BBC (May 16, 2001) Vanishing Marshes of Mesopotamia (NASA) Iranians race to save flamingoes - BBC (August 31, 2000) Iran 2000 Expedition Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area (UNU) The state of the environment in Iran - NBCI (June 13, 1997) Iran - Environment strategy study - World Bank (May 31, 1995) Iran-e-Sabz Environmental news (Archives) More... 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Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. 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And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? - Scientific American (March 29, 2013) Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park - Green Prophet (February 18, 2013) Iran says may sue BP for an Azeri oil spill - Reuters (January 29, 2013) Iran pollution worsens as thousands die - BBC (January 7, 2013) Iranian Graphic Designers Fight Pollution and Climate Change - Green Prophet (December 16, 2013) Climate Boundaries in Iran - NOAA (November 11, 2012) Finding the Last Cheetahs of Iran - National Geographic (October 25, 2012) Iran's Wetlands Face Uncertain Future - IIP Digital (July 4, 2012) Iran Was Pioneer in Wetland Conservation in 1971 - IIP Digital (February 6, 2012) The Drying of Iran's Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences - UNEP (February 2012) The Cheetah Conservation Fund Declares 4 as International Cheetah Day - CFF (December 3. 2011) Lake Orumiyeh, Iran - NASA (November 9, 2011) Is Iran's drought the fault of the West? - BBC (October 8, 2011) Ahvaz in Iran tops WHO air pollution index - BBC (September 29, 2011) Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia have most polluted cities in the world - The Guardian (September 26, 2011) Iranian greens fear disaster as Lake Orumieh shrinks - The Guardian (September 5, 2011) Iran expert alarmed by 'critical' Caspian Sea pollution - AFP (May 15, 2011) Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies - BBC (January 24, 2011) Tehran chokes and blames severe pollution on US sanctions - The Guardian (December 9, 2010) Iran declares second pollution holiday - BBC (December 1, 2010) Iran: Pollution causes shutdown in Tehran - BBC (November 23, 2010) Endangered "onager" foals bred in captivity - USA Today (August 2, 2010) Caspian Sea oil boom raises pollution fears - BBC (June 8, 2010) Iran environment in grave danger - Press TV (October 28, 2009) Iran hit by sandstorm pollution - BBC (July 7, 2009) As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air - The Guardian (January 13, 2009) Tehran looks to the skies for cheap power from the sun - The Guardian (January 9, 2009) Iran: A Summary of oiled wildlife response - Sea Alarm (January 7, 2009) Environmental engineering education in Iran: Needs, problems and solutions. 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Articles/Reports Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats? - Eco Business (September 27, 2022) Lake Urmia risks fully drying up: Iran wetlands chief - AFP (September 6, 2022) Helmand water flows from Afghanistan into Iran - Tehran Times (August 8,2022) Iran grants environmental activist Morad Tahbaz bail - BBC (July 27 2022) Flash floods have killed at least 21 people in southern Iran - NPR (July 23, 2022) Iran floods: At least 21 killed in southern Fars province - BBC (July 22, 2022) Several arrests at protest over dying Iranian lake - BBC (July 17, 2022) How the EU Can Help Iran Tackle Water Scarcity - Carnegie Europe (July 7, 2022) Iran TV: Sandstorm shuts offices, schools in Tehran, region - AP (July 4, 2022) UNDP pledges support for Iran to address environmental challenges - Tehran Times (June 22, 2022) Iran ranks 133 among 180 countries in EPI - Tehran Times (June 5, 2022) Iran’s disappearing wetlands - Qantara (April 6, 2022) In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Taliban Increases Afghanistan's Water Flow To Iran - RFE/RL (January 26, 2022) Flash Floods Swamp Iran - NASA (January 15, 2022) Iran Says Only 12 Asiatic Cheetahs Left In Country - RFE/RL (January 10, 2022) Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening. - Atlantic Council (December 13, 2021 Why Environmental Protests In Iran Are Being Ignored - World Crunch (December 13, 2021 Drought forces traditional Iranian farmers off their land - Nikkei (December 10, 2021) Endangered Caspian seal habitat awarded important marine mammal area status - U. Leeds (December 6, 2021) Iran’s failure to tackle climate change – a question of priority - Al Jazeera (November 9, 2021 “Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104 - Tehran Times (November 8, 2021 Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other - PRI (September 30, 2021) Iran's environmental woes could be Raisi's Achilles heel - Atlantic Council (September 16, 2021) Tensions rise as Iranian dams cut off Iraqi water supplies - DW (August 16, 2021) Heavy burden of environmental problems on Caspian Sea - Tehran Times (August 10, 2021) Iran's decision-makers must shoulder the blame for its water crisis - The Guardian (August 5, 2021) As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking - LA Times (August 2, 2021) Iran water: What's causing the shortages? - BBC (August 1, 2021) Conservationist Fights for Persian Leopards in Iraqi Kurdistan - Earth Island (July 12, 2021) Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention - ZME Science (May 19, 2021) After revival, Iran’s great salt lake faces new peril - Science Magazine (April 29, 2021) US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration - Phys.org (April 21, 2021) The return of a once-dying lake - BBC (February 25, 2021) Electronics come to protect Dena biosphere reserve - Tehran Times (January 26, 2021) Challenges of Water Management - Financial Tribune (January 19, 2021) Outcry Over Power Outages, Smog Forces Iran To Act Against Bitcoin Miners - RFE/RL (January 17, 2021) Iran: 33,000 People Die Annually Due To Air Pollution – OpEd - Eurasianet (January 11, 2021) Clean Air Law ‘up in the air’ - Tehran Times (January 8, 2021) Tehran air pollution incurs daily loss of $7m - Tehran Times (January 6, 2021) An 'ecocide' is happening right in front of our eyes in the Caspian Sea - World Economic Forum (January 5, 2021) Caspian faces “catastrophic drop in water levels” this century - Eurasianet (January 5, 2021) Scientists Sound the Alarm Over Fast-Shrinking Caspian Sea - Moscow Times (December 25, 2020) Russia Probes Mass Die-Off Of Endangered Caspian Seals - RFE/RL (December 11, 2020) How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement - National Geographic (November 12, 2020) Water crisis in Iran could bring ecological disaster - UPI (October 5, 2020) Protect Iran's Zagros forests from wildfires - Science Magazine (August 28, 2020) Iran religious endowment eyes slice of Mt Damavand - Asia Times (August 4, 2020) Iran’s Lake Urmia: How A Dying Salt Lake Is Being Brought Back From The Brink - Forbes (May 14, 2020) Eight Iranian conservationists get jail terms on espionage charges: Judiciary - Tehran Times (February 18, 2020) Iran Air Pollution Claims 30,000 Lives Every Year - Financial Tribune (February 17, 2020) Iran unveils domestically-made environmental drone - Tehran Times (February 17, 2020) Food poisoning fells Iranian migrating birds - BBC (January 28, 2020) All-out efforts underway to help flood-hit Sistan-Baluchestan - Tehran Times (January 14, 2020) Flash Floods Hit Iran's Southeastern Province - Tasnim News (January 14, 2020) Flash Flooding in Iran - NASA (January 13, 2020) Let’s Say Trump Starts A War With Iran. 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And More Rain is Forecast. - NY Times (April 6, 2019) Iran orders evacuations in Khuzestan amid flood risk - BBC (April 2, 2019) Lake Urmia water level rises after heavy rains - Mehr News (March 31, 2019) Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million - VOA News (March 30, 2019) Satellite detected water extents, as of 26 March 2019 over the Lorestan Province, Iran - ReliefWeb (March 28, 2019) Iran: Environmental activism in the firing line - France24 (March 19, 2019) Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict - National Geographic (March 15, 2019) The environment was once a safe space for activism in Iran. No longer - The Guardian (February 28, 2019) What Persian Gulf nations are doing to meet rising demand for water - Water Technology (February 4, 2019) Drought turns part of Iran into a new dust bowl - National Geographic (January 25, 2019) Iran sees 'revival' of imperilled Lake Urmia - AFP (December 29, 2018) Tehran’s drastic sinking exposed by satellite data - Nature (November 30, 2018) Protest letter urges Iran to treat jailed conservationists fairly - DW (November 22, 2018) Iran is tackling the potential water supply crisis exacerbated by climate change - The Guardian (October 24, 2018) Iran risks losing 70% of farmlands: environment chief - France24 (October 5, 2018) Iran’s Environmental Impasse - Atlantic Council (June 26, 2018) Iran's water crisis - France24 (June 15, 2018) Pressed by Hard-Liners, U.S.-Trained Environmentalist Quits Post in Iran - NY Times (April 18, 2018) Iran's Tarnished Gem - National Geographic (April 3, 2018) One million birds killed illegally every year at a wildlife site in Iran - The Guardian (February 24, 2018) Can Iran and Afghanistan cooperate to bring an oasis back from the dead? - Science Magazine (February 21, 2018) Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern - NY Times (January 18, 2018) Iranians Pray For Rain Amid Water Crisis - RFE/RL (January 17, 2018) Hundreds of dead sharks wash up on Iranian island - BBC (December 19, 2017) Asiatic cheetahs on the brink of extinction with only 50 left alive - The Guardian (December 16, 2017) Could Iran’s sand storms be fought with nanotechnology? - France24 (November 16, 2017) Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs - Digital Journal (October 29, 2017) Caspian seal freed after rehab - Mehr News (October 11, 2017) Growing Environmental Problems Strain Iran’s Ties with Its Neighbors - MEI (July 5, 2017) UN Officials to Attend Dust Storms Confab in Tehran - Financial Tribune (June 29, 2017) Caspian Forests Destroyed by Cement Factory - Financial Tribune (June 20, 2017) Urmia Lake Stabilizes - Financial Tribune (June 15, 2017) Monitoring dam movement from space - The Guardian June 4, 2017) See the Ancient Water Tunnels Below Iran's Desert - National Geographic (May 31, 2017) Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first? - The Guardian (May 16, 2017) Forget the politics. Iran has bigger problems. - WP (May 16, 2017) Heavy Rainfall Boosts Urmia Lake Inflow - Financial Tribune (April 18, 2017) Lake Urmia - Atlas Obscura (March 31, 2017) Iran launches project for inland use of water from Sea of Oman - Xinhua (March 23, 2017) Dam project promises water – but also conflict – for dusty Afghan border lands - The Guardian (March 22, 2017) Has Iran mismanaged its way into a water crisis? - Equal Times (March 22, 2017) Iran: paralyzed by environmental neglect - DW (March 6, 2017) The Usual Suspects: Iran Blames Iraq for Desert Storm - Sputnik News (March 1, 2017) Some $250m allocated to Lake Urmia restoration program - Tehran Times (January 10, 2017) A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change - New Yorker (January 2, 2017) December 4 marking Intl. Cheetah Day: World’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction - Tehran Times (December 4, 2016) Water Bankruptcy: How Can Iran Resolve Growing Problems With Drought - Sputnik News (November 21, 2016) Deadly Smog Shrouds Tehran - NASA (November 18, 2016) Nature’s Wonders: Two-Headed Turtle Born in Iran - Sputnik News (October 29, 2016) Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake - Science Daily (October 10, 2016) The world's fastest animal is in a race for survival in Iran - LA Times (September 29, 2016) ‘I’m Lake Urmia’ campaign seeking international support - Tehran Times (September 27, 2016) ‘I am Lake Urmia’: a social media campaign takes on the environment in Iran - TB (September 23, 2016) FAO launches four-year holistic program to save Urmia Lake - FAO (September 6, 2016) Iran's Lake Urmia – in pictures - The Guardian (September 2, 2016) Two female Asiatic cheetahs remain in wild in Iran, say conservationists - The Guardian (August 30, 2016) Iran celebrates 2nd Asiatic Cheetah Festival - Tehran Times (August 29, 2016) French Environment Minister Royal announces joint projects on Iran visit - RFI (August 28, 2016) Paradise Lost? Iran's Environmental Crisis - Small Media (August 24, 2016) Red Lake Urmia - NASA (July 26, 2016) Sand Storms Turn Some Regions in Iran into “Hell” - Atlantic Council (July 26, 2016) Iranian Technology to Rescue Indian Cities from Rising Air Pollution - Sputnik News (June 23, 2016) Environmental and Water Issues in Iran: Interview with Dr. Houchang Chehabi - JMEPP (June 20, 2016) DiCaprio’s reaction to Lake Urmia stresses its importance - Mehr News (May 14, 2016) Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities - The Guardian (May 12, 2016) A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems - TB (May 9, 2016) Leonardo DiCaprio Raises Awareness About Dire State of Iranian Lake - Sputnik News (May 6, 2016) UNEP Executive Director Visits Iran for Interfaith Dialogue on the Environment and Culture - UNEP (April 30, 2016) Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia - Scientific Aamerican (April 26, 2016) Can Iran boost production while cutting greenhouse gases? - BBC (April 22, 2016) Saving The Desert Cheetahs Of Iran - WBUR (March 24, 2016) Man-made Issues Exacerbate Iran's Water Crisis - VOA (December 5, 2015) Nuclear deal could give Iran technologies to cut pollution - BBC (November 30, 2015) Feature: Iran's fragile ecosystems under pressure - Science (September 2, 2015) Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake - Science (September 2, 2015) The big business of trophy hunting in Iran - BBC (August 11, 2015) Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record - WP (July 30, 2015) How Iran's Khuzestan went from wetland to wasteland - TB (April 16, 2015) In thirsty Iran, a hunt for solutions to a shrinking salt lake - CS Monitor (March 22, 2015) Pollution and overfishing plague the Caspian Sea - TB (March 11, 2015) Vanishing Lake - NASA (February 17, 2015) Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution - AFP (February 16, 2015) The death of Iran's 'Dead Sea' - CNN (February 10, 2015) Iran's wetlands: A smile amid grief - Mehr News (February 2, 2015) Lake Urmia: how Iran's most famous lake is disappearing - TB (January 24, 2015) Environment and Technology in ECO Ministerial Discussions, Iran VP says - Eco-Iest (January 3, 2015) For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge - National Geographic (December 19, 2014) Glaciers of Iran - in pictures - The Guardian (December 16, 2014) The environmental consequences of Iran sanctions - TB (November 21, 2014) Iran's water crisis the product of decades of bad planning - WP (July 2, 2014) Dust Storms Cloud Iran's Future - Iran Primer (April 7, 2014) Iran's government steps up efforts to tackle pollution - TB (March 10, 2014) Khamenei Urges Action on Environment - Iran Primer (March 6, 2014) Saving dying Urmia Lake now a priority for Iran - AP (February 20, 2014) Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply - NY Times (January 30, 2014) Iran, U.S. could team up on environmental issues - San Francisco Chronicle (November 15, 2013) David Michel on Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Center for Climate & Security (October 30, 2013) Iran's Environment: Greater Threat than Foreign Foes - Iran Primer (October 28, 2013) Cheetahs' Iranian revival cheers conservationists - The Guardian (October 23, 2013) Bans have inflicted damage on Iran environment: VP - Press TV (October 10, 2013) Iran's Environment Protection Organization marks Children's Day - Press TV (October 9, 2013) In Iran, Green Is Sometimes Safest - ENS (October 9, 2013) Iran's Water Woes More Worrying than War - Green Prophet (August 19, 2013) Iran's Ancient Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration - Green Prophet (May 6, 2013) How Many Asiatic Cheetahs Roam across Iran? 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International Environmental Organizations Center for International Environmental Law European Environment Agency (EEA) UNEP UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center World Conservation Union (IUCN) IUCN Redlist Fauna Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) Persian Wildlife Foundation Iran: Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks National Parks of Iran (Iranica) Animal Info Asiatic Cheetah Birding in Iran Birding Resources Birdwatching Information Birds of Golestan Province Eagles in Iran Caspian Tiger: Golestan National Park Fauna of Cenral Asia (Iranica) Caspian Seal Project Caspian Tiger: Hirkan National Park Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) Iranian Cheetah Society 'Cheetahs in Iran (Video) Fauna of Persia (Iranica) All fishes of Iran List of Threatened Fishes for Iran Iranian Horses The Persian Wildlife Heritage (PWH) Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in Iran Protected Areas (UNEP) Threatened Species (ICUN Redlist)-Search for Iran Irans' Nature and Wildlife (FB) Wildlife in Iran (Noruz Daily) Iranian Wild Cats (Tabi'at Monthly) Nature & Wildlife Museum of Iran | English Index FloraFlora: Historical Background (Iranica) Flora in Persia (Iranica) Flora of Iran Flora of Iran Iran's Flora (EECRG) Category: Flora of Iran Biodiversity and phytogeography of the alpine flora of Iran Conserving the rare and endemic flora of Iran American - Iranian Botanical Program A Botanical Paradise in The Zagros Mountains of Iran Flower and flora in Iran's Mountains (Gallery) Journals Journal of Environment (UT) International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology International Journal of Environmental Research Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering Donyaye Vahsh Monthly Magazine Iran Nature and Wildlife Magazine Environment Journals Books Environmental Policies and Strategic Communication in Iran (2008) The Complete Fauna of Iran (2005) Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa (2012) Image Gallery Islands | Lakes Iran Mountains Iran Wildlife Video Wild Iran Iran: Golestan's National Park & Wildlife Refuge Persian leopard: Golestan National Park Nature and Ecotours Ecotour Iran Ecotourism Iran Safari Tours More... Related Information Geography Geology Weather Back to top Front Page
Fauna Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) Persian Wildlife Foundation Iran: Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks National Parks of Iran (Iranica) Animal Info Asiatic Cheetah Birding in Iran Birding Resources Birdwatching Information Birds of Golestan Province Eagles in Iran Caspian Tiger: Golestan National Park Fauna of Cenral Asia (Iranica) Caspian Seal Project Caspian Tiger: Hirkan National Park Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP) Iranian Cheetah Society 'Cheetahs in Iran (Video) Fauna of Persia (Iranica) All fishes of Iran List of Threatened Fishes for Iran Iranian Horses The Persian Wildlife Heritage (PWH) Parks, Reserves, and Other Protected Areas in Iran Protected Areas (UNEP) Threatened Species (ICUN Redlist)-Search for Iran Irans' Nature and Wildlife (FB) Wildlife in Iran (Noruz Daily) Iranian Wild Cats (Tabi'at Monthly) Nature & Wildlife Museum of Iran | English Index FloraFlora: Historical Background (Iranica) Flora in Persia (Iranica) Flora of Iran Flora of Iran Iran's Flora (EECRG) Category: Flora of Iran Biodiversity and phytogeography of the alpine flora of Iran Conserving the rare and endemic flora of Iran American - Iranian Botanical Program A Botanical Paradise in The Zagros Mountains of Iran Flower and flora in Iran's Mountains (Gallery) Journals Journal of Environment (UT) International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology International Journal of Environmental Research Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering Donyaye Vahsh Monthly Magazine Iran Nature and Wildlife Magazine Environment Journals Books Environmental Policies and Strategic Communication in Iran (2008) The Complete Fauna of Iran (2005) Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa (2012) Image Gallery Islands | Lakes Iran Mountains Iran Wildlife Video Wild Iran Iran: Golestan's National Park & Wildlife Refuge Persian leopard: Golestan National Park Nature and Ecotours Ecotour Iran Ecotourism Iran Safari Tours More... Related Information Geography Geology Weather Back to top Front Page
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Journals Journal of Environment (UT) International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology International Journal of Environmental Research Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering Donyaye Vahsh Monthly Magazine Iran Nature and Wildlife Magazine Environment Journals Books Environmental Policies and Strategic Communication in Iran (2008) The Complete Fauna of Iran (2005) Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa (2012) Image Gallery Islands | Lakes Iran Mountains Iran Wildlife Video Wild Iran Iran: Golestan's National Park & Wildlife Refuge Persian leopard: Golestan National Park Nature and Ecotours Ecotour Iran Ecotourism Iran Safari Tours More... Related Information Geography Geology Weather Back to top Front Page
Books Environmental Policies and Strategic Communication in Iran (2008) The Complete Fauna of Iran (2005) Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa (2012) Image Gallery Islands | Lakes Iran Mountains Iran Wildlife Video Wild Iran Iran: Golestan's National Park & Wildlife Refuge Persian leopard: Golestan National Park Nature and Ecotours Ecotour Iran Ecotourism Iran Safari Tours More... Related Information Geography Geology Weather Back to top Front Page
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