Nik Kowsar

Nik Kowsar is an award-winning Iranian American journalist and water issues analyst.

Articles by Nik Kowsar
Water runs low at the Latyan Dam, which feeds Tehran, on May 8.
Water runs low at the Latyan Dam, which feeds Tehran, on May 8.

Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as Taps Run Dry

Analysis
Nik Kowsar, Alireza Nader
This landscape view shows the shallow water at the shore of a manmade dammed lake, the water greenish and calm. Beyond the water, a high hill slopes up, dotted with trees at its more elevated parts.
This landscape view shows the shallow water at the shore of a manmade dammed lake, the water greenish and calm. Beyond the water, a high hill slopes up, dotted with trees at its more elevated parts.

Iran’s Taps Are Nearly Empty This article has an audio recording

Argument
Nik Kowsar, Alireza Nader
People visit the Si-o-Se Pol Bridge in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.
People visit the Si-o-Se Pol Bridge in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.

The ‘Water Mafia’ Is Real—and It’s Draining Iran Dry

Argument
Nik Kowsar, Alireza Nader
Iranians walk near the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 Arches bridge) over the Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan on April 11, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranians walk near the "Si-o-Se Pol" bridge (33 Arches bridge) over the Zayandeh Rud river in Isfahan on April 11, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran Is Committing Suicide by Dehydration

Argument
Nik Kowsar, Alireza Nader
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