Life in Iran Today

By Pooya Stone In Iran lakes, wetlands and forests are fast disappearings. The dirty air restricts the quality of life. Sandstorms occur; entire tracts...

By Pooya Stone Two children in a Baluchistan village drowned while hauling water from a pond, HRANA news agency reported on Thursday, 10 October....

By Jubin Katiraie Iran’s state-run media have reported that the authorities are importing luxury fruits with billion-rial government loans offered to customers at chain...

By Pooya Stone At least 300 people, including children, are thought to have been infected with HIV in the Iranian village of Chenar Mahmoud,...

By Jubin Katiraie Teachers and students from 37 villages in Khuzestan Province are being forced to use boats or rafts to cross the river...

By Jubin Katiraie At least 4,000 Iranian nurses leave their jobs every year, some due to retirement or disability, but plenty are resigning due...

By Pooya StoneThe number of street-vendors in Iran is increasing on a daily basis and has become a social crisis. The...

By Jubin Katiraie With the negative growth of household incomes in Iran's villages and towns, the livelihoods of Iranians in rural areas are shrinking....