A third Kurdish environmentalist in less than a week died on Monday from severe burns sustained while battling a wildfire in western Iran, sparking renewed criticism of government mismanagement.
An Iranian official plan to institute a once weekly closure of work and schools as electricity and water deepen has drawn fire from many Iranians who say the move will only worsen daily hardships.
Iranian officials are considering formal Wednesday shutdowns to create three-day weekends and a full summer week off amid worsening water and power outages caused by extreme heat and falling reservoir levels across the country.
The triggering of international sanctions on Iran threatened by Europe could unleash a cascade of new challenges on the country's energy sector, from shrinking oil exports, blocked payments, halted infrastructure upgrades and deeper isolation from global markets.
Water levels in Tehran’s reservoirs have dropped to the lowest levels in years, research by Iran International based on satellite images from the European Union’s Sentinel program shows.
Officials in Tehran blame drought and public overuse for Iran’s worst water shortage in living memory, but the crisis stems from decades of mismanagement, short-sighted policy and institutional denial.
Government forces fired tear gas at protesters in Sabzevar, northeast Iran, on Tuesday night as demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and water shortages entered a second consecutive day.
Iranians are speaking out with increasing urgency over chronic water and electricity outages that upend daily life and fuel fury at the government.
Most regions of Iran could soon face water rationing due to a deepening crisis caused by decades of mismanagement and worsening climate conditions, a senior lawmaker warned on Tuesday.
Iran’s Minister of Communications on Tuesday reported a 30% drop in the digital economy and a 150 trillion rial (about $170 million) loss in just one month, attributing the blow to widespread internet restrictions imposed during the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel.
A surge in electricity outages across Iran has caused severe disruption to daily life and economic activity, leaving Iranians frustrated and businesses paralyzed, videos and voice memos sent to Iran International's submissions line show.
Israel-backed hackers wiped out $90 million in Revolutionary Guards crypto wallets during last month's war, calling it a landmark campaign to cripple Iran’s financial backbone, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Iran’s government has ordered the closure of public offices in Tehran Province for Wednesday amid an ongoing energy crisis and a nationwide heatwave, as the country’s president warned of a worsening water shortage.
Water shutoffs have spread across Iran, especially Tehran, amid growing reports of silent rationing—claims denied by officials who attribute the issue to a mere drop in pressure.
A cyberattack during the 12-day Iran-Israel war destroyed banking data at major Iranian banks Sepah and Pasargad, halting services nationwide and triggering a high-stakes emergency response by an Iranian banking software firm, a senior engineer said.
A recent flurry of high-level meetings across Central Asia and the Middle East signals a quiet but marked shift: Iran and Russia are increasingly sidelined in the region’s political and economic realignments in favor of Arab states.
Three of Iran’s most resource-rich provinces, Khuzestan, Kerman and Hormozgan, recorded the highest levels of economic hardship in spring 2025, the news site Rokna reported Thursday, citing official statistics from the Iranian Statistics Center.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was forced to complete part of a recent trip to Tabriz by taxi after the fuel in three official vehicles was found to be contaminated with water, leading to a mechanical failure, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for allegedly smuggling 2 million liters of fuel, the chief justice of Hormozgan province said on Wednesday, according to state-linked media.
China's imports of Iranian crude oil surged in June to their highest level since March, reaching over 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd), as sellers accelerated shipments to avoid potential disruptions linked to Iran’s conflict with Israel, Bloomberg reported.
The US has warned Iraq it could face sanctions over what it called Iranian oil smuggling and ties to armed groups, threatening to freeze millions in revenue and target state oil firm SOMO, Iraqi media reported.
Israel’s 12-day military campaign against Iran caused extensive ecological harm, with huge cleanup costs and heightened public health risks, according to Iran’s Department of Environment.