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Afghanistan Sends Water To Iran
January 19th, 2022
Via Ariana News, a report on Afghanistan’s recent decision to open the floodgates of Kamal Khan Dam, sending water to Iran: Iranian news outlets have reported that Afghan authorities on Wednesday opened two of the Kamal Khan Dam floodgates after good rainfall in the area. According to IRNA news, the water released from the dam, […]
Read more »Iran’s ‘Water Bankruptcy’ Is a Warning for the Entire Middle East
January 5th, 2022
Via DAWN, an article on Iran’s water bankruptcy: Iran is out of water, and Iranians are fed up. Over the past year, they have steadily taken to the streets to show their frustration over severe water shortages and the government incompetence exacerbating them. The latest epicenter for this outrage was the central city of Isfahan, once the […]
Read more »Lake Urmiya in Iranian Azerbaijan May Soon Cease to Exist
December 12th, 2021
Via Window on Eurasia, a report on the Lake Urmiya: Yasir Rakhbardin, who is in charge of water supplies in the Iranian province of Western Azerbaijan, says that Lake Urmiya, on which the region has long depended, may soon cease to exist, a development that will likely produce both a humanitarian disaster and more conflict […]
Read more »Iraqi Water Ministry Moves To File Lawsuit Against Iran Over Water Policy
December 9th, 2021
Via The National, an article on the Iraqi water ministry’s moves to file a lawsuit against Iran: Iraq has completed procedures to file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice against Iran’s water policy. The construction of dams in upstream Turkey, Syria and Iran has choked off some of the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates over the […]
Read more »Iran’s “Water Bankruptcy”
December 6th, 2021
Via the US Institute of Peace, a detailed commentary on Iran’s water scarcity crisis: In mid-July 2021, a water shortage sparked protests in the southwest province of Khuzestan that then spread to other provinces over the next weeks. How has water escalated as a national issue? What are the long-term political implications? Water is intrinsically […]
Read more »Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages
November 27th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on Iran’s response to water protests in a country in which weather experts say 97 percent is dealing with water scarcity issues: For two weeks the Iranian government tolerated growing protests over scarce water supplies in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, watching them grow as restaurants […]
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