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Iran Drought Here to Stay
February 14th, 2018
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on how the prospect of Iran’s drought recovery is bleak with precipitation continuing to decline for decades: Latest statistics by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center show that this year’s autumn (Sept. 23-Dec. 21) was the driest over the past 67 years, with precipitation levels declining by 53% […]
Read more »Tehran Residents Warned Again About Water Consumption
January 29th, 2018
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on Tehran’s water supply crisis: Tehran’s water consumption is about 1.5 times over and above the national average, the head of Tehran’s Management and Planning Organization said. “Water consumption has increased at a shocking rate in the city and in the province of Tehran. Imprudent use of the dwindling […]
Read more »Water Conflict: Will A Drying Iran Face Syria’s Fate?
January 24th, 2018
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the potential for water related unrest in Iran: Perhaps one of the most quoted predictions regarding the increasing role of water conflicts in global affairs belongs to former vice-president of the World Bank Ismail Serageldin, who in 1995 famously claimed, “Many of the wars of this century were about oil, […]
Read more »Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern
January 24th, 2018
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on Iran’s water tensions: Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran, has diminished by nearly 90 percent since the early 1970s. Nigeria. Syria. Somalia. And now Iran. In each country, in different ways, a water crisis has triggered some combination of civil unrest, mass migration, insurgency or even full-scale […]
Read more »Iran-Turkey Water Policy leaves Iraq Dry
January 12th, 2018
Via Arab News, a report on Iran and Turkey’s impact on Iraq’s water supply: Iraq has been negotiating with Turkey and Iran to minimize the effects of the two countries’ water policies on its territories, Iraqi Deputy Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rasheed told Arab News on Wednesday. Rasheed said that the talks were aimed […]
Read more »Water Diplomacy: Most Pressing Matter In West Asia
December 19th, 2017
Via The Iran Project, commentary on the importance of water diplomacy in Asia: Iran’s deputy FM Araghchi stressed the importance of ‘water diplomacy’ in West Asia, calling for a strategic approach toward water shortage in this region. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addressed the Seminar of Environmental Risks and Regional Security in West Asia in […]
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