Iran's water crisis at tipping point in threat to Islamic regime's stability
Iran expert Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi says prolonged water outages, empty reservoirs, and crop failures may be a recipe for ...
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Lake Urmia’s water volume increases by 80 mcm
Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the largest in West Asia and the sixth-largest salt lake in the world, with a water surface area of ...
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Some of the World's Biggest Lakes Are Drying Up. Here's Why.
Africa’s Lake Chad is a sliver of its former self. Iran’s Lake Urmia has shrunk by 80 percent in 30 years. What remain are the carcasses of ships settled into the silt. Similar scenarios are ...
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Maximilian Mann captures the shrinking landscape of Lake Urmia
Documenting the environmental changes happening in Lake Urmia in Iran, the series is a reminder of the ongoing impact our environmental misunderstandings have in every corner of the world. “Lake Urmia ...
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Anti-Kurdish chants in Urmia raise concern over ethnic tensions
The incident followed massive Newroz, Kurdish New Year celebrations in Urmia, which saw the participation of some 150,000 Kurds. The West Azarbaijan Police Information Center was quoted by Iran ...