Iranian security forces fired teargas on Friday during clashes with protesters demonstrating in the city of Isfahan in support of farmers angry over water shortages, according to Iranian news agencies and social media posts. Iran state-runTV showed police firing teargas at demonstrators gathered in the dried riverbed. A video posted on social media ...

Thousands of people, including farmers, have protested against actions resulting in a major river drying up in Irans central city of Isfahan, calling on authorities to open a dam to relieve drought-stricken areas. The protesters on Friday gathered on the banks and barren riverbed of the Zayandeh Rud River, which has lost almost all its water in ...

The local authorities admit that they are facing difficulties with supplying water and electricity to the region, but promised that new funds will be allocated in the near future to tackle these problems. Protests have hit the streets of several Iranian cities in Khuzestan province, including its capital Ahvaz, after locals grew weary ...

Financial Tribune - From official reports it is apparent the water authorities have failed to manage consumption in the country over the past ten decades. The monstrous growth of cities and population explosion has created huge problems, one of which is the unacceptably high water consumption -- a real crisis that should have been addressed long ...

Financial Tribune - Farmers in Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Khrosan Razavi provinces consume 11 billion cubic meters of water a year. Experts say if the three regions cut water consumption by 3% a year, there will be no need to spend $4 billion to transfer seawater T he plan to supply water from the Oman Sea in south Iran to three eastern ...

MNA The project of water transfer from the Persian Gulf to Irans central provinces will complete by next year, said Mahmoud Shayan, a board member of Bank Melli Iran. He stated that a consortium of nine Iranian banks have invested some $428 million in the project so that water of the Persian Gulf can be transferred to central provinces of Kerman,...

Al Monitor | Maysam Bizaer: Iran has long been faced with a wide range ofenvironmental challenges. These includeeverything from droughtleading to soil erosion and sandstorms to water shortages andair pollutionin major cities. However, it has only been in recent years that officials and experts alike have publicly called for genuine measures to slow ...

IFP - A quick review of the reports on precipitation in Iran over the past month indicates that 27 provinces across the country will experience their worst-ever drought throughout the current year. In a Farsi report, Pupils Association News Agency (PANA) has described Iran as a country with a dry or semi-dry climate where the annual average ...

MNA Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that diplomacy of cross-border waters is a part of water diplomacy and cross-border cultivation is also put atop agenda to deal with drought drastically. Speaking today morning in a National Seminar entitled Water Diplomacy and Hydro-Politic Opportunities in West ...

MNA The Council of Ministers agreed Sun. on formation of a national task force for adapting to water shortage and dealing with related problems in various parts of the country. The Council of Ministers convened on Sunday in a regular weekly cabinet session chaired by President Rouhani and agreed on formation of a national task force for adapting ...

IFP- Water shortage in Iran has become so acute that people in some cities have held public prayer sessions for rain. Meanwhile, the photo of a man supplicating for rain has received more attention.    

Press TV - Some major Iranian cities will befacing water rationing and other mandatory restrictions if the worst dry spell in more than 50 years persists. With a third of the winter already gone, the Alborz mountains towering over Tehran which are usually blanketed in a snow covering at this time of the year barely have a dusting over them while ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force voiced readiness to help Irans Energy Ministry carry out cloud-seeding operations as part of programs to fight drought. In comments on Saturday, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said his forces are prepared for cooperation in cloud seeding. He also underlined that the IRGC ...

IFP- Water shortage in Iran has become so acute that people in some cities have held public prayer sessions for rain. Meanwhile, the photo of a man supplicating for rain has received more attention. The photo by Mojtaba Gorgi depicts the grief of people in Birjand showing a man hugging a lamb while crying for rain. In the cities of Birjand in ...

IFP - Iranian researcher Amir Aghakouchak, a winner of American Geophysical Unions prestigious Hydrology award, says he has discovered underground water resources in Lut Desert, the earths hottest place. Aghakouchak, an associate professor at the University of California, is one of the most renowned researchers and experts in hydrologic ...

FNA- A senior Iranian official urged the neighboring countries to respect the agreements they have signed with Iran on using the shared water resources. "Water crisis is serious, and as it has been declared by experts, the issue of water may become a source of future wars between countries," Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said ...

IFP - An Iranian man who had illegally exploited subterranean water resources has been sentenced by a court to carrying out some research work. An Iranian judge has sentenced a person illegally exploiting groundwater to conducting a survey on the current trend of using underground water tables. In his article, the individual must ...

Tensions are rising in bilateral relations between Turkey and Iran. The reason for this is water. Sputnik spoke to an expert in strategic studies of the Middle East about what is behind this new dilemma and whether it can be resolved peacefully. Turkey plans toconstruct 22 new dams inthe South Anatolia region butsuch a decision has already sparked ...

Tasnim Iranian lawmakers plan to establish the water security committee to examine the issue of building dams on rivers flowing into Iran by some neighboring countries, a member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission announced. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Abolfazl Hassanbeigi said in recent years, Turkey ...

Press TV - Iran says it is implementing a landmark project to divert water from the Gulf of Oman to its central plateau a project that could not only address the countrys surging water crisis but could also help push ahead relevant economic plans in host regions. Alireza Razm-Hosseini, the governor general of Irans southern province of Kerman,...