Water crisis

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  • West Asia’s water crisis deepens through cloud wars 2024-01-08 14:47

    By Aylin Javadi

    West Asia’s water crisis deepens through cloud wars

    Drought plagues Iran as rainfall wanes

    TEHRAN - Despite earlier projections of abundant rainfall in Iran during autumn, the country has been confronted with severely low precipitation, raising concerns over its impact on water resources and agricultural sectors.

  • Tehran papers 2023-05-20 22:13

    Unified warning to the Taliban

    Most of the newspapers in Iran on Saturday highlighted Tehran’s warning to the Taliban about water right from the Helmand Rive.

  • "Science for All" festival calls attention to water crisis 2022-11-14 16:56

    "Science for All" festival calls attention to water crisis

    TEHRAN – The 8th festival of "Science for All", focusing on environmental concerns, water crisis, and water resource management, kicked off online on Saturday.

  • A million wells that destroyed water resources 2022-11-14 16:55

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    A million wells that depleted water resources

    TEHRAN – Considering the current situation of water scarcity, the experts’ warnings of two decades ago about the occurrence of a water crisis have come to pass and there is no way to solve it except with the help of universities and scientific institutions.

  • shafeie 2022-11-01 14:57

    ICCIMA head calls for managing water crisis

    TEHRAN – Head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has said the water crisis in the country is deteriorating and the government has only 10 years to manage the situation, the ICCIMA portal reported.

  • Iranian academics, European fellows to look at ways of preserving Persian qanats 2022-10-16 18:07

    Iranian academics, European fellows to look at ways of preserving Persian qanats

    TEHRAN—A panel of experts and academics from the University of Tehran and the University of Montpellier will be exploring ways to help preserve the millennia-old Persian qanat system.

  • Water donation campaign to begin within days 2022-08-03 17:01

    Water donation campaign to begin within days

    TEHRAN – A water donation campaign will be launched in the next few days aiming to supply water and provide healthcare services to people in drought-affected areas, Vahid Salimi, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s Volunteers Organization, has said.

  • One step to water crisis 2022/07/02

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    One step to water crisis

    TEHRAN – If a country has more than 1,700 cubic meters of water per person per year, there is no water shortage, but the upward trend of rainfall shortage surpassed the standard rate and if it declines more, we are one step away from a water crisis.

  • Greenhouse 2022-04-12 11:19

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Development of greenhouses on agenda

    TEHRAN- In recent years, the water crisis has caused serious challenges in Iran’s agriculture sector.

  • MP 2021-12-08 23:14

    MP presents strategies to overcome water shortage

    TEHRAN - To overcome the water shortage in the country, a member of the Agriculture and Environment Committee of the Parliament has said it is necessary to transfer of water-intensive industries to water-rich areas, transfer seawater instead of transferring water from one region to another and to take water diplomacy seriously.

  • From nanotechnology to solar power: solutions to drought 2021-09-05 18:13

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    From nanotechnology to solar power: solutions to drought

    TEHRAN – While the drought has intensified in Iran and the country is facing water stress, various solutions from the use of solar power plants to the expansion of watershed management and nanotechnology are offered by experts and officials.