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 …

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 …

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. …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 26 Most of the walls in Ardabil  and Urmia  cites  are daubed with graffiti by South Azerbaijan national activists. They called the Turks of South Azerbaijan to attend the annual ceremony of “Babak castle“. On the night of Tuesday, July 5, 97, South Azerbaijan activists, with …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 11 The representative of Urmia, in the presence of the historic bridge “Hasarat Korposu” condemns the continuation of the occupation of the Qarabagh by Armenia. Nader Gazipour the representative of the Urmia, condemned the crimes of the Armenians in Qarabagh region and released a picture from the …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 17 Nader Gazipour, the representative of the people of Urmia, Strongly criticized the persistence of discrimination against the Turks in Iran in the open session of Iran Islamic parliament on Wednesday 16th of May 2018. Nader Gazipour, during the asking question from Iran’s Minister of Culture  in …

 Baku, North Azerbaijan, Apr 24 In the history of South Azerbaijan, the most forging and distortion of the Azerbaijan history have related to the World War I and the years after that. This historical period (World War I and the years after that) also has affected South-South Azerbaijan, as in other …

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 …

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 …