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2022-07-23 19:21
Water Thanksgiving Festival held
TEHRAN – The desert city of Yazd in central Iran played host to Water Thanksgiving Festival, aiming to promote the culture of saving water resources in the country.
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2022-06-17 17:49
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Droughts may affect three-quarters of the world by 2050
TEHRAN – The United Nations has warned that droughts may affect over three-quarters of the world’s population by 2050.
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2022-06-13 20:48
Drought unveils 3,400-year-old palace of Indo-Iranian empire
TEHRAN – Remnants of a 3,400-year-old palace emerged from the waters of the Mosul Dam reservoir in northern Iraq early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought.
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2022-05-16 18:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Has Iran entered a 30-year dry spell?
TEHRAN – If the trend of rising temperatures and water consumption continues, the severity and effects of the drought will intensify, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the national center for drought and crisis management has said.
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2022-05-08 18:34
Drought causes $107m damage to environment
TEHRAN – Drought has so far incurred a loss of 28 trillion rials (about $107 million) to the environment, Hassan Akbari, deputy head of natural environment and biodiversity of the Department of Environment, has said.
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2022-03-05 17:08
IFRC launches emergency plan to counter drought in Iran
TEHRAN – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal to support the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in response to drought in the country.
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2021-12-15 20:49
Budget for watershed management seen to jump fourfold
TEHRAN- The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1401, which starts on March 21, 2022, has allocated 16 trillion rials (about $53 million), which is nearly fourfold of the budget for the current year.
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2021-12-07 21:21
Khuzestan governor proposes transfer of water-intensive industries to southern coasts
TEHRAN - Writing an article in the Iran newspaper on Monday, the governor of the southwestern province of Khuzestan proposes an array of solutions to deal with water shortage and droughts.