water scarcity

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  • wetland 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.

  • Air pollution, landslide, water scarcity are becoming major challenges: DOE head 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.

  • Caspian Sea water level predicted to decrease by 2100 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.

  • Raisi 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. 

  • 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.

  • Abanegan: forgotten festival commemorating water as a source of life 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.

  • 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.

  • Water transfer plan from Sea of Oman takes effect 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.