The spotted felines may come one step closer to extinction as critical U.N. funding earmarked to protect the cheetahs is expected to expire later this month Iran has already suffered the loss of the ...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in prison with Sepideh Kashani, who worked with husband Houman Jokar to save Asiatic cheetah ...

Asiatic cheetahs used to roam Russia, India, and the Middle East, but now only remain in Iran after hunting, habitat loss, and lack of prey decimated the subspecies' population The Asiatic cheetahs of ...

Reporting from Tehran — The three-acre hilltop park overlooking Iran’s smog-blanketed capital might seem like a nice spot for romance. But the couple has not been in the mood. Delbar, a 4-year-old ...

Iranian environmentalists have mobilised to protect the world’s last Asiatic cheetahs, estimated to number just 50 and faced with the threats of becoming roadkill, a shortage of prey and farmers’ dogs ...

An Asiatic cheetah has given birth to cubs at a facility in Iran, marking the first time the species reproduced in captivity, according to the Iranian Cheetah Society. Three young cheetahs were ...

The MOU was signed on Sunday by Hamid Zohrabi, deputy head of DOE for biodiversity, Hamed Maqsoud Taleqani, chief executive of the National Environment Fund, and Baqer Nezami, the head of the ...

The Asiatic cheetahs of Iran are disappearing. According to AFP, officials estimate only 12 of the big cats are left roaming the country. The Asiatic cheetah is a subspecies of the spotted big cat ...

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