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Iran Says Talks Over Helmand Water Rights Yielded Positive Results
July 31st, 2023
Via Ariana News, a report on the Afghan/Iran water tensions: Iran’s Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has said that negotiations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) over the Helmand water rights have yielded positive results. Dehqan said in an interview with Shafaqna that his office had presented legal and expert reports over […]
Read more »Condition Critical: Desertification Threatens To Turn Iran’s Future To Dust
July 29th, 2023
Via Radio Free Europe, an article on how water scarcity and desertification are making more and more territory unlivable in Iran, potentially resulting in devastating consequences: Temperatures in Iran are hitting record highs, rivers and lakes are drying up, and prolonged droughts are becoming the norm, highlighting a water crisis that is turning much of […]
Read more »Iran’s Environmental Challenges
July 12th, 2023
Via Spotify, an interesting interview with Dr. Shirin Hakim, head of the Environment, Climate Security, and Public Health unit at the Center for Middle East and Global Order on Iran’s worsening environmental issues, the Iranian government’s decades-long mismanagement and overexploitation of its natural resources, and how Western sanctions play into the Iranian regime’s environmental strategy.
Read more »The Unique Promise of Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a look at the the unique promise of environmental cooperation in the Gulf over issues such as water: The Issue Environmental dialogue in the Gulf holds unique promise to test the potential for greater regional cooperation amidst widespread distrust.* Environmental issues have not been as politicized […]
Read more »Parched Politics: Iran’s Water Scarcity and the Rising Wave of Discontent
July 12th, 2023
Via Global Policy Journal, commentary on the potential for Iran’s water issues to mobilize a new wave of activism in Iran: Water has long shaped landscapes and civilizations. In the face of water scarcity, escalating concerns regarding the availability of this resource are forming new pathways for political change in the Middle East. With its […]
Read more »The Taliban’s New Canal Threatens Water Security in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
July 6th, 2023
Courtesy of The Diplomat, commentary on how the Taliban’s rush to complete the Qosh Tepa canal is placing Central Asia’s water security at risk: On March 30, 2022, Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar launched the construction of the Qosh Tepa canal, which will divert significant amount of water from the Amu Darya – a […]
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