Iran and Azerbaijan began two days of joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea on Monday, state media reported, signaling ...

“A question that I asked people was, ‘what is the role of the Caspian in your life?’,” said Javanmardi, who began working on the project at Iran’s Anzali Lagoon. “They were really ...

The Caspian Sea is something of a misnomer, photographer Khashayar Javanmardi points out, and a dangerous one at that. Stretching from Iran up to Kazakhstan, it is the world’s largest enclosed body of ...

The Caspian Sea's coastline stretches 4,000 miles and borders five countries: Kazakhstan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. The body of water is often described as the world's largest ...

Iran has a number of sensitive sites, including oil infrastructure, military installations and nuclear facilities. By Lazaro Gamio and Eve Sampson Follow live updates as Israel launches ...

The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel has refocused the world’s attention on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions, and whether they’re giving it the capability to fire an ...

Iran plans to triple its military budget, a government spokeswoman has said, as tensions with rival Israel rise amid the Israeli military’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. The planned defence ...

If the climate crisis and water over-extraction continue unabated, he fears “the Caspian Sea may face the fate of the Aral Sea.” In Iran, Javanmardi, continues to photograph the Caspian ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that a strategic partnership between Russia and Iran would soon be signed.

Four years ago, a man widely regarded by Israeli and Western officials as the "father" of Iran's nuclear weapons ... from their vacation house on the Caspian Sea. The operation was over in less ...

All flights from Iran’s airports were canceled on Sunday through 6 a.m. local time on Monday due to "operational restrictions," though the restrictions were lifted hours ahead of time ...