Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran's Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker grounded off Oman has leaked a slick that has ...

Iran seized a bulk carrier for dumping oil and industrial waste into the Strait of Hormuz, with cleanup underway and the ship referred to the judiciary. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Oil pollution has reached Qeshm and Hengam islands in Iran amid the wider military conflict. Here's what is known about the spill, cleanup and environmental risks.

Iran’s foreign ministry today blamed pollution in Gulf waters on US military operations in the region, after several oil ...

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, has expressed concerns over the environmental degradation in the Strait of Hormuz amid the recent oil spill in the region Baqaei took ...

Experts tell BBC Verify pollution has spread from a ship attacked on 3 August and threatens vulnerable wildlife.

TEHRAN — An oil spill has reached Iran's Qeshm Island while a far larger spill from a stricken Russian shadow fleet tanker is fouling Oman's southern coastline, as the war in the Gulf produces its ...

Primary schools will be closed on Monday in Tehran as thick fog caused by pollution smothers the Iranian capital and most of the surrounding province, local authorities said. They also announced ...

Pollution is a longstanding problem in the Iran because of increasing urbanization. Iranians from the countryside began flocking to the city during the shah’s reign. According to World Bank data, a ...