Iranian authorities have begun a cloud seeding operation to induce rainfall in the country that is facing an acute water shortage. Tehran authorities were scrambling to find a solution as the country's water resources have dried up.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Saturday that it has seized a fuel tanker bound for Singapore from the United Arab Emirates.

Authorities plan to extend the cloud-seeding missions to East and West Azerbaijan provinces in the coming days

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations to trigger rainfall as the country experiences its most severe drought in decades, state media reported.Today, a cloud seeding

Newsweek has contacted Iran's Foreign Ministry for comment.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said all the facilities in the country are under the safeguards and monitoring” of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “There is no enrichment right now because our enrichment facilities have been attacked,” Araghchi told news agency Associated Press.

Iran on Saturday confirmed its Revolutionary Guards seized a tanker carrying petrochemical cargo bound for Singapore in Gulf waters on Friday, Iranian media reported.

An NBC News film crew was given exclusive access to the National Aerospace Park on Wednesday, a rarity for a foreign news organization.

Women are increasingly seen riding motorbikes in Iran's capital, where laws and religious mores once barred women from motorbikes.

US lawmakers have called for the Trump administration to respond to reporting that Chinese firms are helping Tehran rebuild its ballistic missile program in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

The US Treasury Department said the two firms are fronts used by Iranian agents to supply HESA, the firm that makes the Shahed and Ababil drones.