The UAE recorded an earthquake of magnitude 2.2 on Saturday, according to the National Seismic Network stations of the ...

This is the Zagros mountain belt in western Iran as seen from the space shuttle Atlantis. The range forms part of the most extensive belt of water-soluble gypsum on Earth, stretching from Oman to ...

In ancient Kurdish languages, Yelda meant "created light," referring to the birth of Mithra, the sun and light god.

The research team identified that at least 30% of continental crust was lost to the mantle during the formation of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau and Zagros Mountains (potentially up to 64% for the ...

Now, a new study pinpoints where one wave of those encounters occurred — the Zagros Mountains in what is now mostly Iran.

Sixty-six people are feared to have been killed in a passenger plane crash in the Zagros mountains in Iran. The Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj ...