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An Iranian cheetah.

Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat’s outlook remains grim

Kayleigh Long 13 May 2024
A persian leopard. Image via Peoples Trust for Endangered Species.

Protect Persian leopards, and their defenders, for World Environment Day (commentary)

Jane Goodall and Hedieyeh Tehrany 3 Jun 2022

Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species

Pavel Toropov 26 May 2021

Iran upholds heavy sentences for conservationists convicted of spying

Kayleigh Long 21 Feb 2020

Iran sentences eight conservationists convicted of spying

Kayleigh Long 26 Nov 2019

Iran’s endangered cheetahs and imperiled conservationists (commentary)

Luke Hunter | Christine Breitenmoser | Urs Breitenmoser | Sarah Durant | Laurie Marker | Stephane Ostrowski | Christian Walzer 8 Mar 2019

Five wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2018
Kavous Seyed Emami. Photo courtesy of Center for Human Rights in Iran.

Conservationist, imprisoned for ‘spying’ with wildlife camera traps, dies in Iranian prison

Mongabay 23 Feb 2018

Cheetah populations crash as fastest-animal disappears from 91% of its range

Mongabay.com 26 Dec 2016
Lar National Park in northern Iran, about 100 kilometers from Tehran. Photo by Mahdi Kalhor via Panoramio

Three murders highlight troubles of Iran’s park rangers

Jennifer Huizen 18 Aug 2016

2015 Equator Prize winners span 19 countries

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2015

Asiatic cheetahs: on the road to extinction?

Erica Santana 26 Feb 2013

Animal picture of the day: rare image of Asiatic cheetah and cubs

Jeremy Hance 3 Jul 2012

World nations see six all-time record high temperatures, no lows so far in 2011

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2011

Half a trillion spent on fossil fuel subsidies mostly “a complete waste of money”

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2010

Forgotten Species: the fiery Luristan Newt

Jeremy Hance 8 Feb 2010

Cheetah population stabilizes in Namibia with support from farmers

Rhett A. Butler 2 Oct 2008

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