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 ...

According to PAX’s analysis, approximately 7% of the burned land in the Kurdistan Region is likely a direct result of ...

Located in the Zagros mountains in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, Shanidar Cave served as an important place for ...

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

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The peaks of the Zagros mountain range are still dusted with snow. Long, twisting roads draw lines over the valleys ...

The UAE recorded an earthquake of magnitude 2.2 on Saturday, according to the National Seismic <a target=_blank href= ...

Previously, the earliest evidence of grape wine-making had been found in the Zagros Mountains of Iran and dated to 5,400-5,000 BC. In 2011, a wine press and fermentation jars from about 6,000 ...

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 ...