{"id":9101,"date":"2019-01-15T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2019-01-15T22:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:44:55","slug":"water-crisis-iran-ncri-irgc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/01\/water-crisis-iran-ncri-irgc\/9101\/","title":{"rendered":"Water crisis in Iran, causes and solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>These days, we\u2019re witnessing a multitude of crises throughout\nIran. These different events which gradually join one another mount to a very\nstrong movement, a movement that can cause fundamental change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a country that its people have been enchained in tyranny and poverty for decades, any crises can spark the powder keg of protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Water crisis finally\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1eoid_sCMMk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Water crisis in Iran is one of these crises which has become the\nsource of social, ethnic and security problems for the regime in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water crisis that is currently engulfing the lives of people\nin different regions of Iran, like many other crises in Iran, is the result of\nthe corrupt and destructive policies of the ruling regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Particularly, the water crisis in Iran has hardly hit people\u2019s\nlives in the central and southern provinces of Iran as well as Sistan &amp;\nBaluchistan province in southeastern Iran. This water situation is so striking\nthat the northern people of Iran also suffer from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers of Isfahan have been hit the worst because governmental institutions and factories that belong to the Revolutionary Guards Corps are looting their water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04d1449e-b22b-4d12-be97-763cff8399f3_16x9_788x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9109\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04d1449e-b22b-4d12-be97-763cff8399f3_16x9_788x442.jpg 787w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04d1449e-b22b-4d12-be97-763cff8399f3_16x9_788x442-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04d1449e-b22b-4d12-be97-763cff8399f3_16x9_788x442-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><figcaption> <br>\u00a0Zayanderood,  the largest river of the Iranian Plateau in central Iran. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially, Zayanderood, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau\nin central Iran, has been over-exploited by the IRGC.\u00a0 The main reason behind the water shortage in\nIsfahan is building the unusual number of dams and canals that are meant to\nserve the purposes of the IRGC. This has threatened the farmers\u2019 means of living\nin Isfahan because they rely on the river to irrigate their lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-01-00-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9112\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-01-00-01.png 620w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-01-00-01-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/screen-shot-2017-04-11-at-01-00-01-260x200.png 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, the farmers of this region have been protesting\nagainst the destructive policies of the Iranian regime for several months. But\nthe regime officials have not taken any concrete measures, if any at all, to\nsolve their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their demonstrations farmers were chanting: \u201cDeath to\n[Hassan] Rouhani, the liar\u201d and \u201cRouhani! You liar, what happened to our\nZayandehrood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Water crisis in Iran, causes and solutions<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water crisis in Iran has\nintensified in the past years. Thousands of villages have become deserted\nbecause of water shortage and their inhabitants have migrated to the outskirts\nof large cities, where they live in utter poverty and misery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In urban areas, the situation\nisn\u2019t much better. In some cities, instead of pure, clear water, the people\nhave to do with muddy water coming out of their homes\u2019 taps. In some cases, not\neven the muddy water is available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/OUGhotZAgWidNFw-1600x900-noPad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9110\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/OUGhotZAgWidNFw-1600x900-noPad.jpg 555w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/OUGhotZAgWidNFw-1600x900-noPad-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption> <br> <br>Karun \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran\">Iran<\/a>\u2018s most effluent and only navigable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River\">river<\/a>. It is 950\u00a0km (590\u00a0mi) long. It rises in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zard_Kuh\">Zard Kuh<\/a>\u00a0mountains of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bakhtiari_people\">Bakhtiari<\/a>\u00a0district in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zagros_Range\">Zagros Range<\/a>, receiving many tributaries, such as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dez_River\">Dez<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuhrang\">Kuhrang<\/a>, before passing through the capital of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khuzestan_Province\">Khuzestan Province<\/a>\u00a0of Iran, the city of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahvaz\">Ahvaz<\/a>\u00a0before emptying to its mouth into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shatt_al-Arab\">Shatt al-Arab<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong><g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">Water<\/g> crisis in Iran, <\/strong> <strong>Ahvaz <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ahvaz city, through which\npasses Karun, Iran\u2019s only navigable river, the drinking water is not only not\npurified but it is muddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to regime officials\n\u201cThough it\u2019s winter, some regions of Iran still suffer from water scarcity.\u201d\n\u201cIn the summer, the situation gets worse for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10531501858749153454.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9108\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10531501858749153454.jpg 564w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10531501858749153454-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10531501858749153454-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption> <br>The Anzali Wetland in northern Iran <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe Anzali Wetlands in northern Iran is\nnearly destroyed\u201d, cites the state ILNA news agency. Recognized internationally\nand considered one of the largest homes to migrating birds and fishes in Iran,\nthe Anzali Wetlands are now sharing the fate of 60 other wetlands across Iran\nthat are on the verge of complete annihilation due to wrong policies adopted by\nthe ruling mullahs\u2019 regime.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0Villages without water<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Jun 7,\n2018, Regime\u2019s MP from Iranshahr (SW), Mohammad Naeim Amini-Fard, said in an\ninterview with ISNA news agency: \u201c3,000 villages of Sistan &amp; Baluchistan\nProvince lack any drinking water network\u20261,200 villages in this province have\nwater delivered with tankers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9111\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IRNA\nofficial news agency quoting the head of Water and Sewage Organization;\nvillages department, said that due to the shortage in water resources, drinking\nwater is delivered to 110 villages in Golestan Province (N) with 44849\ninhabitants by tankers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This report\nalso blames the regime for its negligence of meeting the needs of this province\nincluding water ration for farmlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former\nIranian agriculture minister, Issa Kalantari, said: \u201cIf water resources are\nused without control, water shortage will make 50M of 80M Iranians leave the\ncountry\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Jan. 3,\n2019, the head of the Water Studies Foundation emphasized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur\ndistance from water catastrophe in Iran is only 5 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also\nadmitted that the catastrophic water crisis in Iran has already appeared in a\nnumber of the provinces and added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt\npresent, these difficult conditions have occurred physically in the provinces\nof Khuzestan, Markazi, Fars, and northern provinces. And in the rest of the\nprovinces, the water crisis shows itself in the drying of wetlands which will\ndefinitely intensify in near future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nregime\u2019s official added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cBefore in 2013we had 6 dried plains each year\nbut from 2011 to 2018, this number has increased to 16 plains for each year\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran is\ncurrently facing a drought. But the main reason for the water shortage is not\n100% the drought. Instead, the blame is on the regime ruling Iran and its\ndestructive policy of building substandard dams and unqualified control of them\nthat leads to this shortage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In last July<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/24202-iran-s-water-crisis-is-regime-s-doing?highlight=WyJ3YXRlciIsIid3YXRlciIsIndhdGVyJyIsIndhdGVyJy4iLCJ3YXRlcidzIiwiY3Jpc2VzIiwiY3Jpc2VzJyIsIndhdGVyIGNyaXNlcyJd?cpnb_method=cpnbCookiesAccepted\">,\nthe National Council of Resistance<\/a> of Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/23139-iran-s-water-conditions-in-ultra-critical-state\">said<\/a>: \u201cThe Regime is in crisis in all\nareas. The environment, for instance, has turned into a huge crisis due to the regime\u2019s\ndestructive policies. Excessively digging deep wells and using groundwater\nresources besides regime\u2019s failure to set up water distribution networks have\ncaused citizens to suffer severe water scarcity.\u201d The water crisis is not the\nonly reason for the current protests that have spread across Iran, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/world\/article\/Warming-water-crisis-unrest-Iran-fits-an-12508442.php?is_eu=1\">according\nto David Michel, an analyst at the Stimson Center<\/a>, it represents the regime\u2019s\nfailure to deliver basic services to its people. The Iranian Regime is\nill-equipped to fight climate change because it is more concerned with its own\nwell-being than that of its people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have destroyed jungles and\nwetlands by their very inefficient agricultural system. Water resources are\nliterally stolen and rerouted for military purposes and for the industries which\nare controlled by the Revolutionary Guards. Add to that the uncontrolled well\ndiggings and \u2026 These measures have destroyed Iran\u2019s water resources and pushed\nthe entire country into an unprecedented water crisis in many provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mullah\u2019s regime has dried up\nlakes, ruined arable farmlands, and destroyed livelihoods in rural areas. As a\nresult, millions have moved to the cities looking for jobs. Now millions in\nIran are unemployed and cannot provide themselves. Worse, the climate change is\npredicted to make Iran hotter and drier in the years to come. It is expected\nthat Iran will see a 25% decline in its surface water by 2030 which would be a\ndisaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the dire economic situation and the hunger of the people, the mullahs regime instead of solving the water crisis in Iran, is plundering Iran\u2019s wealth, pouring it into foreign wars designed to prop up dictators (Syria), support terrorism (Hezbollah, Hamas), suppress the people of Iran, or to fill their own pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/28\/resistance-units-mek-massoud-rajavi\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The only solution is\nregime overthrow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Feb. 2017, Mrs<em>.<\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Maryam Rajavi (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"National Council of Resistance of Iran (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>, in her message to the people of Ahwaz who took into the streets to protest the disastrous air pollution and frequent water cuts in the capital of Khuzestan Province, underlined<strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian mullahs\u2019 regime is the\nsource of all the acute problems that have caused frequent water and power\ncut-offs and led to unemployment and various diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She pointed out: \u201cOne cannot expect the mullahs and the regime\u2019s leaders and officials provide any solutions. The solution lies in the people\u2019s escalation of protests and uprising to drive back the regime and its officials who have created so many problems in their daily life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-iran-freedom\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"06FxTGhvCB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cMaryam Rajavi\u201d \u2014 Iran Freedom\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/embed\/#?secret=lyEDpA0VNz#?secret=06FxTGhvCB\" data-secret=\"06FxTGhvCB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, we\u2019re witnessing a multitude of crises throughout Iran. These different events which gradually join one another mount to a very strong movement, a movement that can cause fundamental change. In a country that its people have been enchained in tyranny and poverty for decades, any crises can spark the powder keg of protests. 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