Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 28 The latest NASA image from the second largest salt lake “Urmia lake” shows that this lake is drying completely. These days, concerns about the destruction of Lake Urmia has become an international issue and an environmental crisis. Gary Lewis, the UN‘s representative in Iran, also expressed …
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Turkey TV Presenter: Lake Urmia Crisis Threatens the Lives of at Least 16 Million People
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 12 CNN journalist, and television presenter expressed concern over the continuing crisis of the Urmia Lake and the threat to the lives of the residents of the region. Hakan Celik well-known Turkish journalist and broadcaster shared an image of Urmia Lake on his Instagram and wrote: ” Urmia …
Read More »Impressive Animation “I am Lake Urmia” by young South Azerbaijani
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 7 An impressive animation of a young South Azerbaijani from Urmia about the drying of Lake Urmia was welcomed by Azerbaijani users on social networks. In the silence and neglect of Iranian authorities, South Azerbaijani youth have tried to familiarize public opinion with the disastrous consequences of …
Read More »A Member of Parliament said: The Iranian government would not allow to release of water from dams to Lake Urmia
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 9 Hadi Bahadori, the representative of the Urmia city in an interview with the stated news agency said:” Some dams of West Azerbaijan are overflowing but, government would not allow to release of water from dams to Lake Urmia.” Bahadori added: “As a result of recent rainfall, the …
Read More »Intense Dam Building Policy and Its Impacts on the Lake Urmia
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 27 According to Iran Water Resources Management Company, Currently, there are 64 dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia. Another 27 dam is under construction. The bridge between Urmia Lake is named as the first factor of drying lake. Also, creating dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia …
Read More »Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Germany Declare Their Cooperation for Revival of Lake Urmia
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 8 Masoud Tajrishi, the Director Urmia Lake Revival Headquarters stated that Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Germany announced their cooperation for revival of lake Urmia. Mr. Masoud Tajrishi in an interview with ISNA said:” There are suggestions and projects from Turkey for improving agricultural conditions of the region. …
Read More »Petition to Save Lake Urmia
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 3 A group of southern Azerbaijan environmental activists created a campaign to “save the Urmia lake” The Signatures collected during this campaign will be sent to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and one of the unique ecosystems of the …
Read More »Drying of Lake Urmia and It’s Relation in Air Pollution of South Azerbaijan
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 24 Mr. Behrouz Sari the Director of Climatology of Tabriz University expressing that more than 90% of the Lake Urmia has dried up and Confirmed: “There is a meaningful connection between the dust emission of Lake and Air Pollution of Azerbaijan regions.” Mr. Behrouz Sari added that according …
Read More »IRAN’S REGIME CONFESSES TO DRYING THE LAKE URMIA
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 2 The Tabnak site (an official website of Iran Regime) published a news, confessed that the Lake Urmia was deliberately dying by government which will cause huge numbers of immigration. The site stated that the people of the northwest residing in the territory of Azerbaijan will immigrate to …
Read More »Isa Kalantari: in the Year 1998,We Knew the Drying of the Urmia lake
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 4 Isa Kalantari, the head of Iran’s environmental organization, admitted that Iranian authorities have known that the Lake Urmia dries up since 1998. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency during a meeting, referring to the situation of Lake Urmia and said:” In the year 1998, Dr. …
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