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...
Araz News: Lake Urmia’s drying is not only an environmental disaster for Azerbaijani people which offers specific threats for many features of their lives. It has also a very deep psychological impact on any Azerbaijani person. Lake Urmia is a...
Araz News: Days after starting “One Bucket Salt for Lake Urmia” campaign by South Azerbaijani activists the challenging is getting widen. Published on social media, hundreds of South Azerbaijani people have joined the campaign during a few last days. South...
Araz News: Eight bicyclists from city of Anar arrived Urmia after riding 1500 km with the slogan “Save Lake Urmia”. The Anar Press web site reports the bicyclist began to their trip from city of Karaj on 10th August. Some...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani young people have launched “One Bucket Salt” campaign to draw attention on Lake Urmia disaster. South Azerbaijani activists and young people are pouring a bucket of salt on their head and publishing its video on social...
Araz News: Gorbanali Saadat, governor of West Azerbaijan province expressed about 6 million people are living around Lake Urmia and unless something done for it these people will be forced to displace. South Azerbaijani website, Oyrenci Sesi (Voice of Student)...
Araz News: Iranian president Hasan Rouhani issued an order to start Lake Urmia rescue operation. Oyrenci Sesi web site of South Azerbaijan reports, in a press conference on June 29, Mr. Rouhani, as head of the High Council of Environmental...
Thematic Focus: Climate Change, Resource Efficiency, Ecosystem Management, and Environmental Governance The Drying of Iran’s Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences FEBRUARY 2012 Lake Urmia in the northwestern corner of Iran is one of the largest permanent hypersaline lakes...
Araz News: Hundreds of people rallied in two largest South Azerbaijan cities, Tabriz and Urmia. Protesters sounded slogans related to Lake Urmia disaster and blamed president Rouhani to not keeping his promises on Lake Urmia. According to Araz News correspondents...
Araz News: Neda-ye Urmiye, a local website of South Azerbaijan repots millions of ladybugs are committing suicide because salts of dried Lake Urmia have disappeared their life condition. The website reports every hour number of died insects is increasing. Also...
Araz News: Ali Abbasnezhad, head of environment department of West Azerbaijan province, said Lake Urmia will dry completely in only a few days. In interweave with semiofficial Tasnim News Agency he added: “water level of the lake is 50 cm lower...
Araz News: Isa Kalantari, Head of Lake Urmia Rescue Team said without Lake Urmia Azerbaijan will not be alive. In a press conference in Sharif Technical University of Tehran Mr. Kalantari Added: Matter is not the lake itself but 5...
Araz News: Photos below are taken from around Lake Urmia. It is obviously a salt storm, destroying whatever breath. Why Iranian government is extremely hesitant to take an action while only 3% of the lake is left?
The Drying of Iran’s Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences Lake Urmia in the northwestern corner of Iran is one of the largest permanent hypersaline lakes in the world and the largest lake in the Middle East (1,2,3). It extends...
