Mehr | Aryan Nasrollahi: The traditional ritual of praying for rain, also known as the Bridge of the Rain, is among the ancient traditions in Kurdish-populated regions in northwestern Iran. The Bride of the Rain, which is still held in some villages of Kurdistan province, is a ritual in which children sing a special song to pray for the rain....

A water shortage in Iran has become so acute that one of the country's leading ayatollahs has called on people to pray for rain, it's been reported. In a sermon marking the Eid Al-Adha religious festival, Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani asked for prayers for rain to be performed at every mosque in Iran, the state-runIRNA news agency reports....