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The Greatest Threat Facing Iran: Running Out Of Water
September 21st, 2015
Via Tablet, an interesting article looking at how Israel came to Iran’s rescue decades ago—and might again be the Islamic republic’s best hope for avoiding catastrophe: If Iran is in the news because of its nuclear program, the greatest threat to the country’s well-being isn’t economic sanctions or the Sunni-Shiite schism. Rather, the greatest threat to Iran […]
Read more »Iran’s Urmia Lake: Desiccation, Diplomacy, And The Disaffected
August 23rd, 2015
Via AquaDoc, an interesting link to a report on Iran’s Urmia Lake, a very tough problem involving elements of hydrology, water resources management, water use, and ethnic tensions: Urmia Lake, or Lake Urmia if you prefer, is an iconic water body in Iran and indeed, the region and the world. It is a saline lake and because […]
Read more »Iran: Beset by Water Woes From Wetlands to Afghan Border
March 11th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, a look at the western Afghan – eastern Iran water crisis: Aziz Sabouri was 10 when he started herding cattle along the shores of the Hamoun Lakes by the Afghan border in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. Now 80, his face craggy with deep lines, Sabouri stands in the middle of a vast tract […]
Read more »Iran’s Dying Wetlands
February 19th, 2015
Via the Financial Times, a detailed look at Iran’s dying wetlands: The fertile Hamoun wetlands on Iran’s border with Afghanistan have a long history. They supported a sophisticated culture in ancient times where, according to legend, Zoroastrianism originated. The verdant landscape was the setting for the epic Persian poem, the Shahnameh. But it has taken […]
Read more »Political Dimensions Of Iran’s Water Crisis
October 29th, 2014
Via CRIA Views, a report on Iran’s water crisis: The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a new threat to its national security: shortage of water resources. For the first time in Iran’s history, high-ranking government officials, including President Rouhani, Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri, and Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, have declared Iran’s water crisis as […]
Read more »Iran May Import Water From Tajikistan To Avert Crisis
September 19th, 2014
Via Bloomberg, a report that Iran may import water from Tajikistan to avert a crisis: Iran is considering importing water from neighboring Tajikistan as the government allocated emergency funds to help avert a supply crisis in the capital Tehran. Iranian officials discussed the possibility of importing water during a trip to Tajikistan this month, the […]
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