Isfahan, one of three cities targeted in American military strikes, is home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a mosque that ...

A couple walk on the dried-up Zayandeh Rud River in Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran [File: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters] Source: Al Jazeera. Related. Two killed in Iran water crisis protests.

Thousands of protesters converged on Isfahan in central Iran on Friday to voice their anger after the city's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion.

Zayandeh-Rood in folklore and daily life. Cultural experts underline the river’s deep ties to the identity of Isfahan. Folklorist Mina Shojaei-Motlaq highlighted the river’s pivotal role: ...

“Thousands of people from Isfahan, farmers from the east and west of the province, have gathered in the dry Zayandeh Rood riverbed with one key demand: let the river run,” a state television ...

In the 17th century, Shaikh Bahai, an influential scholar and adviser to Safavid dynasty, designed and built a system of canals to distribute Zayandeh River water to Isfahan's suburbs. Water from the ...

The famed river bridges of the Iranian city of Isfahan are a beloved tourist draw -- but much of the time their stone arches span just sand and rocks, not water. Drought and upstream water diversions ...

Hundreds of farmers rallied in Iran's central city of Isfahan to decry the drying up of its river and the impact of drought, state media reported on Friday.. Images broadcast on state television ...

TEHRAN — Thousands of protesters converged on Isfahan in central Iran on Friday to voice their anger after the city's lifeblood river dried up due to drought and diversion. The massive protest, that ...