Kermanshah: Spotlight on Another Looming Water Tragedy in Iran
Iranwire - In recent weeks, protests over the water crisis in Khuzestan and the Iranian state’s bloody crackdown on dissent have dominated the news.…
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One Hour of Running Water a Day for Residents of Oil-Rich Khuzestan
Iranwire - The residents of a small town in Mashahr County, Khuzestan have reported having just one hour of running…
The Dark Side: How a Corrupt ‘Privatization’ Drive Led to Blackouts in Iran
Iranwire - Protests in Khuzestan over chronic water shortages began in mid-July this year. People have since taken to the streets in…
An overview of climate change in Iran: facts and statistics
environmentalsystemsresearch - The climate change fact is intensive among the Middle East countries and especially Iran. Among the Middle East…
Water Protests Roil Mideast, Alarm Region’s Governments
VOA - When the civil war erupted in Syria a decade ago, some Middle East observers and climate scientists argued…
How water has become a flashpoint in the Middle East
Al-Monitor - The disruption of water supply has long been a potential catalyst for conflict or instability in the arid…
Ali Khamenei’s Addled Soundbites on the Water Crisis, Interrogated
Iranwire - "Today, these issues of the climate crisis, the water crisis, the energy crisis, global warming crisis, are raised…
Watchdog: Internet disrupted in Iran amid water protests
Al-Monitor - The Iranian government cut internet access in the past week during protests in an impoverished province, according to…
In Pictures: Khuzestan’s Vanishing Waterways
Iranwire - The thousands-strong protests over the water crisis in Khuzestan have refocused attention on an unfolding ecological disaster going…
Iran Water Shortage Protests Result in 3rd Death, Extend Into 7th Day
VOA - Water shortage protests in drought-plagued southwestern Iran appear to have spread to more cities and resulted in what…