Being from Iran, I have heard that there have been a number of protests. However, I never knew if it was due to political issues or other issues. Water, however, is a huge political problem - just not one that is ever really brought to the forefront. In Iran, there has been a huge problem about water and protests have been breaking out due to mismanagement. It seems that this water problem is mostly a problem in farming towns such as Isfahan. These towns are drying up the land and the crops causing farmers to protest in small towns. The lack of water is getting in the way of the income of citizens of Iran and it is a very sensitive subject so many of the journalists in the story did not even state their name. The article discusses that some towns and villages have begun to leave due to the lack of water in their area. However, an Iranian supreme leader discussed that water will be in the forefront of the discussion with the Persian New Year (Nowruz) happening last week. There is not really much of anything that we can do but it is interesting to know these are the other types of issues that are occurring in a middle eastern country.
Reference:
Dehghanpisheh, Babak. (2018). Water crisis spurs protests in Iran. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-security-water-crisis/water-crisis-spurs-protests-in-iran-idUSKBN1H51A5?utm_source=EHN&utm_campaign=f2047b349e-Science_saturday&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-f2047b349e-99471273.
Thank you for sharing this, Tina. I am not sure why I have not heard of this issue in Iran before, I listen to the news every day. It is unfortunate that there is not really much we can do to resolve these issues. Especially considering that we live in the 21st century.
ReplyDeleteHi Tina,
ReplyDeleteI am the same as Meesha, I did not know there was such a big water issue in Iran. We all know how important water is at maintaining life and for agriculture, so it is really a serious problem when there is no water, therefore there needs to be solutions to try and solve this problem. You're right that there isn't anything that we can help to resolve the problem, but I think it would be good for us to look into it and learn from it to prevent anything like that from happening on the home front.