Financial Tribune - One key point on which there is a global consensus is that come what may demand for water MUST be lowered and efficient use be made of water technology As access to water becomes a herculean task in countries big and small, an increasing number of regions worldwide are facing a looming crisis that has become a serious cause of ...

Financial Tribune - Despite the fact that dams and Chah-Nimeh water reservoirs are full, residents in Sistan-Baluchestan Province are still suffering from the shortage of safe drinking water supply, the provincial Friday prayer leader said. "Heavy rainfall in April and May notwithstanding, households have to pay large sums of money to have their ...

Financial Tribune - Restrictions will be imposed on rice cultivation in Iranian provinces other than the two northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran. According to deputy agriculture minister for water and soil affairs, the decision has been made by the Cabinet and conveyed to provinces across the country for implementation. "Rice cultivation ...

Financial Tribune - The world's need for water will be 20% over and above current consumption levels by 2050, said the Energy Minister. Speaking in Tehran at the weekend, Reza Ardakanian said, Given the global population growth, demand for food will increase by 50% compared to the consumption now. Producing such higher volumes of food will demand ...

FNA - All representatives of Isfahan province at the Iranian parliament resigned to protest at the government's lack of cooperation in supplying water resources to the province which faced drought last year. "After a meeting late last (Iranian) year (ended on March 20), among Isfahan MPs, the energy minister and the parliament speaker, they promised ...

FNA - Iran and India agreed to bolster their scientific cooperation in area of managing water resources and biotechnology. The agreement includes 12 joint projects, 8 in biotechnology and 4 in water resources management, to be implemented by the two countries' universities. Also, based on the agreement, the joint committees for scientific and research ...

MNA The Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian says that institutionalizing fighting over water debate in Middle East could ignite massive wars that could burn the entire region. Reza Ardakanian made the remarks in a national conference dubbed Water Challenges in the East of the Country: What Can the Government and People Do? which was held ...

Press TV - Freshwater has been piped into the southern Iranian cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr, which had been grappling with a bout of shortage. Qolamreza Shariati, the governor general of Khuzestan Province, where the cities are located, said the shortage had been resolved on Friday, ISNA reported. The situation was addressed under a project ...

Tasnim - Head of Irans Civil Defense Organization said he is suspicious about the role of enemies in climate change in Iran, saying the Zionist regime of Israel makes the clouds barren before they roll across Iran. In comments at a conference on civil defense tactics in agriculture, held in Tehran on Monday, Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali said ...

IFP - Irans energy minister says the country has no plan or decision to export water to other states amid the ongoing water tension. Reza Ardakanian underlined it was opportunists who spread the rumour that Tehran is going to transfer water to other countries including Kuwait. The [Iranian] Energy Ministry has no plans, decision or projects ...

IRNA Iranian people do not need Zionist plans to address the water shortage in their country, neither do they need any sympathy in this regard expressed by the Zionist Prime Minister, said an Iranian Lawmaker. Prime Minister of the Zionist regime of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, recently offered Iran to rely on Israeli technology to solve the water ...

MNA Irans ambassador to Afghanistan has said that Iran is not worried about constructing Salma Dam in Afghanistan, rejecting the claims Iran was involved in Taliban attack on Farah city. Hamid Reza Bahrami made the remarks in an interview with Afghanistan Tolo News TV channel on Sunday evening. When there are agreements between two countries ...

IRNA - The Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo said on Friday that collective regional and global cooperation is need to tackle water crisis facing many countries of the world. Addressing a high level gathering ' International Decade for Action Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028, Khoshroo said ...