Araz News: Over 1.6 quadrillion rials ($57.14 billion based on official rate of 28,000 rials per each USD) is needed for reviving Iran ’s northwestern Urmia Lake, Issa Kalantari, the secretary of the Urmia Lake Restoration Committee said. If the...
Araz news: Ali Daei, The best scorer in the history of world football, presented as ambassador of Lake Urmia to UNESCO. He said:”I am concerned about drying the beautiful lake. And ignoring of Authorities because drying of Lake Urmia. According...
Araz news: Following the release of Storm video shows that harsh blows caused the tsunami of salt in the coastal villages of Bari on Monday of April, 20th, 2015 by Araz news agency, responsible authorities expressed the opinion in Azerbaijan....
Araz news: Governor of Eastern Azerbaijan agreed to open the dams water In the course of rivers leading to to Lake Urmia. According to the report of Araz new which is quoted from Public Relations in East Azarbaijan; Mr. Jabar...
Araz news: This video, sent by one of the audience (taken from oyrencisesi.info), shows that harsh blows caused the tsunami of salt in the coastal villages of Bari on Monday of April, 20th, 2015.
Araz News: Iran’s former representative in FAO, Mr. Mohammad Said Nouri Naini has told if Lake Urmia would not rescued Tabriz and Urmia will have to be evacuated. According to semi-official Fars News Agency speaking in Water, Culture and Society...
New research shows Iran’s most famous lake has shrunk by nearly 90% since the 1970s. Scientists urge action In the late 1990s, Lake Urmia, in north-western Iran, was twice as large as Luxembourg and the largest salt-water lake in the...
Mehdi Davatgari, the Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Maragheh and Ajabshir of South Azerbaijan called upon the Iranian president to fulfill the promises he made during his election campaign. During the question period at Iranian parliament, the South...
Araz News: Head of Urmia Lake Restoration Program Mr. Isa Kalantari stated Tabriz, The largest city and historical capital of Azerbaijan will be the first victim of Lake Urmia disaster. In a meeting in Tabriz University he added: “Some good...
Araz News: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about Lake Urmia drying disaster’s consequences. According to Urmia Lake Restoration Program’s website, a FAO official in Iran in a meet with East Azerbaijan province governor said water...
Araz News: Mr. Javad Jahangir Zadeh, the parliamentarian who represents Urmia city in Iranian parliament severely criticized Urmia Lake Restoration Program’s officials stressing that they do not share enough information with people. Speaking to Urum News agency he told: “the...
Araz News: A short film about Lake Urmia, made for mobiles, has been rewarded in a festival in Tehran. The short film “Inam” (Believe) made by South Azerbaijani director Ali Reza Salman Pour, wined reward in the “Report of a...
Araz News: Urmia Lake Restoration Program’s website reports rainfall in West Azerbaijan province has reached to its highest level in 60 years. According to the official website water level of the Lake Urmia has risen up 35cm. For the first...
Araz News: In his fifth live address president Rouhani stated salt storms rising from dried Lake Urmia can blow ten provinces of Iran. “Lakes we lost, like Hamoun, will not come back easily, but we think about them. I really...
Araz Newws: UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed has given information about Lake Urmia environmental disaster, in his October 2014 report. The report informs that while according to official...
