Iran announced a substantial rise in water levels at Lake Urmia, Northwestern Iran, nearly a decade after launching a large-scale restoration initiative aimed at preventing the lake from drying up.

Documenting the environmental changes happening in Lake Urmia in Iran, the series is a reminder of the ongoing impact our environmental misunderstandings have in every corner of the world. “Lake Urmia ...

The situation escalated as stick-wielding government loyalists chanted inflammatory slogans against Sunni Kurds, whose ...

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 ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 15. The connection of the railroad networks of Iran's East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan provinces ...

The incident followed massive Newroz, Kurdish New Year celebrations in Urmia, which saw the participation of some 150,000 Kurds. The West Azarbaijan Police Information Center was quoted by Iran ...