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2024-04-28 16:45
By Afshin Majlesi
Cracks widening, collapse looming: Isfahan’s treasures at risk
Ongoing cracks in Isfahan are no longer limited to the homes and roads of this ancient city. Now, they are widening the roofs and walls of centuries-old heritage sites, endangering them by a sudden collapse!
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2024-04-24 17:52
Sardar-e Bozorg: a journey through Qazvin’s subterranean realm
TEHRAN – Ab-Anbar-e Sardar-e Bozorg, composed of mudbrick twin cisterns, stands as a remarkable feat of Iranian architectural ingenuity within the ancient city of Qazvin.
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2024-02-23 17:13
Land subsidence threatens Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Naqsh-e Rostam, expert warns
TEHRAN - The decline in rainfall, water scarcity, drying up of wetlands, and the turning of farmers to underground aquifers have led to the creation and intensification of land subsidence phenomena in Marvdasht plain of Fars province, which is home to treasured historical sites such as Pasargadae, Persepolis, and Naqsh-e Rustam, exposing them to serious risks.
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2023-11-29 17:33
Endowed houses and cisterns in UNESCO-listed Yazd need restoration
TEHRAN – The historical city of Yazd, which is a UNESCO World Heritage embraces about 500 endowed houses and water reservoirs, a considerable number of which have been left unused.
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2023-10-08 18:30
Yakhchal, where ancient Iranians stored ice before freezers, under restoration
TEHRAN—Restoration work has commenced on Yakhchal-e Moayedi, one of the domed mud-brick structures where ancient Iranians stored ice before the age of freezers and refrigerators.
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2023-10-03 17:42
Majestic Naqsh-e Rostam under threat from climate change
TEHRAN - The hot summer, unauthorized deep-water drilling, and other challenges associated with the changing climate are threatening to destroy invaluable cultural landmarks including Naqsh-e Rostam, which is a majestic rock-hewn necropolis in southern Iran.
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2023-08-21 18:38
15 qanats, enduring heritage of Iranians listed by UNESCO, under restoration
TEHRAN – Restoration work has commenced on 15 Persian qanats, ancient subterranean aqueduct systems for supplying water, which is listed as World Heritage by UNESCO since 2016.
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2023-05-20 22:13
Unified warning to the Taliban
Most of the newspapers in Iran on Saturday highlighted Tehran’s warning to the Taliban about water right from the Helmand Rive.
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2023-04-28 19:20
Meeting to discuss Persian qanats as precious heritage
TEHRAN – A host of cultural heritage experts, architects, and travel insiders have been invited to exchange views on Persian qanats at a meeting that will be held in the city of Mahan in Kerman province on Saturday.
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2023-03-24 14:13
Knowledge-based companies helping country overcome water shortage
TEHRAN – More than 300 knowledge-based companies are active in the country to resolve the problem of water shortage by presenting over 3,500 products, IRNA reported.
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2023-02-15 19:00
Locals, travelers joyful as the 'life-giving' river revives
TEHRAN – Hundreds of joyful locals and travelers to Isfahan visited the Zayanderud river on Tuesday after water flowed into it following months of drought.
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2022-12-05 21:00
Ancient qanats in Ilam to be brought back to life
TEHRAN– On Monday, Ilam’s tourism chief publicized a cultural heritage project aimed to restore some ancient qanats stretched in the western Iranian province.
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2022-11-26 15:53
Water storage behind Tehran dams falls 22%
TEHRAN – Water storage in the dams of the Tehran Province has declined more than 22 percent in the current water year (started in September 2021) compared to the previous year, an official with the dam sector said.
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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.
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2022-11-01 14:57
ICCIMA head calls for managing water crisis
TEHRAN – Head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has said the water crisis in the country is deteriorating and the government has only 10 years to manage the situation, the ICCIMA portal reported.
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2022-10-10 20:00
Historical cistern in central Iran restored
TEHRAN—A restoration work has come to an end on a Qajar-era (1789-1925) Ab-Anbar (cistern), which is located in the city of Bafq, the central province of Yazd, Bafq’s tourism chief has said.
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2022-09-06 17:17
Japan funds project to overcome water shortage in Chabahar
TEHRAN– The Government of Japan has donated $2.8 million to strengthen the resilience of local communities against water shortage in Chabahar, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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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.
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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.
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2022-06-24 16:30
Tehran asks Kabul to be committed to water treaty
TEHRAN – Iran has asked Afghanistan to be committed to the 1973 Helmand River Water Treaty, according to which Iran should receive 820 million cubic meters of water from the Helmand River.
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2022-05-10 21:15
Archaeologist underlines safeguarding ‘masterpiece’ of water management in southern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologist Hamidreza Karami has emphasized the need for the proper protection of what he called a “masterpiece” of water management in southern Iran.
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2022-04-03 21:25
Special envoy: Taliban agrees to honor Iran’s water rights
TEHRAN — Talks with Kabul's delegation regarding the Iran-Afghanistan water rights agreement were positive, Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan has said, Tasnim reported on Sunday.
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2022-02-06 18:14
Conference discusses qanat as ‘enduring heritage of Iranians’
TEHRAN – A host of experts in the Persian qanat system started discussing ways to preserve the time-honored heritage during a three-day conference kicked off on Saturday in Kerman province.
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2022-01-01 21:00
Exceptional water reservoir undergoes urgent restoration
TEHRAN – Cultural heritage experts have commenced an urgent restoration project on an exceptional Ab-Anbar in central Iran. The underground water reservoir is of high importance in the realm of traditional Persian architecture as it is surmounted by seven mudbrick wind towers.
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2021-12-08 23:14
MP presents strategies to overcome water shortage
TEHRAN - To overcome the water shortage in the country, a member of the Agriculture and Environment Committee of the Parliament has said it is necessary to transfer of water-intensive industries to water-rich areas, transfer seawater instead of transferring water from one region to another and to take water diplomacy seriously.
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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.
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2021-12-04 18:37
Discover subterranean watermills in oasis city
TEHRAN - On the margins of a harsh desert in central Iran, lies the ancient city of Meybod, which has long been home to underground watermills.
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2021-11-22 21:35
Raisi tasks all relevant bodies to find solution to water shortage
TEHRAN — President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that it is not just the duty of the Energy Ministry to find a solution to problems resulting from water shortage and drought, noting all relevant bodies have a duty to find a solution to the issue through consultation with scientific centers.
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2021-09-05 18:13
By Faranak Bakhtiari
From nanotechnology to solar power: solutions to drought
TEHRAN – While the drought has intensified in Iran and the country is facing water stress, various solutions from the use of solar power plants to the expansion of watershed management and nanotechnology are offered by experts and officials.
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2021-08-24 16:22
Water donation campaign begins in 4 drought-ridden provinces
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) started on Tuesday a campaign for the fourth time with the aim of providing sustainable water in four provinces suffering from drought, IRNA reported on Tuesday.