TEHRAN - A new direct flight route between Urumia, the capital of Iran’s West Azarbaijan province, and Istanbul is set to be ...

Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in West Asia and the sixth-largest salt lake in the world, with a water surface area of ...

While the world debates bombs and sanctions, Iran is quietly running out of water — its land cracked, lakes vanished, and ...

Iran warns of water rationing as drought causes dam levels to plummet; experts blame mismanagement and climate change.

New research shows the dried Aral Sea region is rising due to Earth’s mantle, adjusting to lose water weight. The man-made ...

Lake Urmia is located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran and west of the southern portion of the Caspian Sea. At its greatest extent, it was the sixth-largest ...

Success stories of once drought-ridden landscapes, like Lake Urmia in Iran, give cause for hope. Other projects, like one to improve drinking water in Florida, help both drought-affected environments ...