At present, asiatic cheetahs are restricted to the central deserts of Iran. The remaining cheetah populations face multiple threats, from habitat loss and fragmentation, depletion of wild prey, ...

The Asiatic cheetah is one of the rarest mammals on earth ... haunting image of a wary cat after dark that is struggling to eke out a living in bone-dry habitat where prey species have been decimated ...

Most wild cheetahs exist in fragmented populations in pockets of Africa, occupying a mere 9 percent of their historic range. In Iran, fewer than 50 Asiatic cheetahs (a sub-species) remain.

Scientists blamed habitat loss, poaching and disease for ... Iran is now the only country with a known population of Asiatic Cheetahs, with fewer than 50 individuals spread across just three ...