By our staff writer

The world has failed badly in Gaza

TEHRAN - Since March 2, 2015, the murderous regime of Israel has blocked the entry of food, water, and medicine into Gaza, but the world is just a spectator.

Locals revive tradition of cherishing ancient qanats with flowers and rosewater

TEHRAN - After more than five decades of silence, the people of Bam in southeastern Iran have revived an ancient tradition honoring qanats – the man-made subterranean aqueducts that sustained life in this arid region for centuries.

11 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school

Israeli forces continue to pound the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including 11 people sheltering at a school in Gaza City and four traveling in a car near Deir el-Balah.

Israeli siege cuts off water, power in Jenin

The UN human rights office has issued a statement accusing Israel of “unlawful killings” and wreaking “enormous destruction” in the Jenin refugee camp, which is home to about 11,000 Palestinians.

Israel is eviscerating ecosystems in Gaza: Climate Defiance

Climate Defiance, a climate activist group focused on young adults, says Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip could make the besieged coastal enclave “uninhabitable not just for years but for generations”.

WHO calls deaths of 685 healthcare workers in Gaza 'shocking'

Dr Margaret Harris from the World Health Organization called the deaths of 685 healthcare workers in Gaza “shocking”. More than 900 other medical staff have been wounded since Israel’s war began in October.

Iran proposes Global Water Action Innovation Platform

TEHRAN – The National Team of Inventions and Innovations of Iran, represented by Amir-Abbas Mohammadi-Koushki, participated in the online meeting of UN Sustainable Development Goals, which was held on September 18-19, in New York.

Iran among top 4 countries in water technology

TEHRAN – In 2022, Iran was ranked the fourth top country in the world in water technology, Mohammad Hemmat, an official with the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, has said.

By Martin Love

Countries can rot like fish out of water — from the head down…

Badly disposed homo sapiens inhabit every nook and cranny of the globe. There are enough of them, though they are a small, distinct minority, to make a soul sometimes feel ashamed of being one of the species. There is absolutely NO other species on earth that has done so much damage to other species and to themselves and to Nature for millennia as homo sapiens, and perhaps especially in the last couple of centuries as the earth’s number of humans has swelled in Malthusian leaps and bounds. Among mammals, it’s not even remotely possible to compare destructive human behaviors to the behaviors of other mammals because, simply, there is no comparison to be made. 

Water Thanksgiving Festival held

TEHRAN – The desert city of Yazd in central Iran played host to Water Thanksgiving Festival, aiming to promote the culture of saving water resources in the country.