Angry Iranian Farmers March To Protest Water Shortages
rferl.org - Hundreds of farmers have demonstrated in the Iranian city of Isfahan over the lack of water available to…
Environment
Water Mismanagement Leads To Serious Water Shortages In Sistan And Baluchestan Province
Iran-HRM - The governor of Nimruz said that 12,000 hectares of this city’s autumn crops were completely destroyed due to…
Blackouts On The Way, Warns Energy Minister
Radiofarda - Power outages are inevitable next summer across Iran, the country’s energy minister has warned. (more…)
Drought And Mismanagement Continue To Deplete Iran’s Lake Urmia
Radiofarda - The imperiled Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran has shrunk further, losing another 23 square kilometers (roughly nine square…
Iran International Wetlands In Danger Of Disappearing
Iran-HRM - The Director General of the Social and Cultural Affairs of Golestan Governorate expressed concern over the state of…
IRAN’S TARNISHED GEM
nationalgeographic- Revered by ethnic Azeris as “the turquoise solitaire of Azerbaijan,” Lake Urmia was second only to the Caspian Sea…
Water Crisis Spurs Protests In Iran
Radiofarda - A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over water, a…
Iranian Forests Shrink In Size
Iran-HRM - Exact statistics do not exist on the area of Iran’s forests, but current stats do indicate a process…
Water Crisis In Iran Reaches Critical State
Iran-HRM - Energy Minister Reza Ardakaniyan said that water quality was a topic that has been overlooked thus far. “To…
Systematic Mismanagement Leads To Drying Out Of 90% Of Iran’s Wetlands
Iran-HRM - A member of the Majlis Environment Fraction said that the country’s water situation was critical. “Many rivers including…