Life in Iran Today

AFP - More than a million Iranians drink alcohol, a participant in the country's First World Congress on Alcohol Abuse was quoted Tuesday as saying. The...

Businessweek: Tens of thousands of Iranians have left the country of 77 million in recent years, largely for Europe and North America, in search of...

AP: Clouds may still linger over relations between Washington and Tehran, but that's not stopping a group of Iranian students and their teachers from...

Bloomberg: Japan is contributing funds to help save Lake Urmia, one of the Middle East’s largest lakes that has shrunk by 85 percent the past...

Bloomberg: “Easily 90 percent of them have gone overseas,” the 29-year-old software developer said, reflecting on a middle-class flight that has seen many of the...

Daily Sabah: Every day 11 people committed suicide in Iran, according to country's official statistics. Around 3,125 people committed suicide in Iran last eight months,...

Voice of America: A looming water crisis in Iran has officials warning of water rationing for the capital Tehran.   The Mehr news agency quotes...

AP: Iranians flocked to parks rich with the smell of grilled kebabs on Wednesday to toss around Frisbees, bat badminton birdies and battle one...