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2024-11-20 15:11
Water scarcity haunting Hour al-Azim
Hour al-Azim wetland in the southwestern Khuzestan province is grappling with a severe shortage of water.
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2024-08-25 15:27
Air pollution, landslide, water scarcity are becoming major challenges: DOE head
TEHRAN –Air pollution, landslide, and lack of water resources are being turned into significant challenges and concerning issues that require national consensus to be addressed effectively, Shina Ansari, the new head of the Department of Environment (DOE), has said.
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2023-08-13 11:06
Caspian Sea water level predicted to decrease by 2100
TEHRAN – The water level of the Caspian Sea is expected to significantly decline by the year 2100.
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2023-05-19 21:50
Raisi sternly warns Taliban over water rights
TEHRAN – Iranian President Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi has warned the Taliban over violating Iran’s water rights, urging them to respect the relevant treaties regulating the use of shared waters.
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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.
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2022-11-01 19:02
Abanegan: forgotten festival commemorating water as a source of life
TEHRAN - Perhaps today we do not hold water as sacred as we should for this source of life. Maybe pollution and over consumption of water have become part of our daily habits.
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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.
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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.
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2022-01-12 16:39
Water transfer plan from Sea of Oman takes effect
TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament (Majlis) has approved a bill, mandating the government to implement a plan for transferring water from the Sea of Oman to the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province which has long been grappling with water scarcity.
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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.
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2021-08-24 16:22
Water donation campaign begins in 4 drought-ridden provinces
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) started on Tuesday a campaign for the fourth time with the aim of providing sustainable water in four provinces suffering from drought, IRNA reported on Tuesday.