Tehran Times Over 85 percent of the countrys total population is affected by prolonged drought over the past decade, Sadeq Ziaeian, director of the national center for drought and crisis management affiliated to the Meteorological Organization, told ISNA on Friday. According to the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), 11 ...

MNA | Maryam Qarehgozlou: Since the beginning of autumn Iran has seen a great increase in precipitation amounts but endless speculations are running rampant as to whether the dry spell is over in the country or not. The data released on Monday by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center stated that the whole country received 120.2 millimeters ...