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Category: Environment
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Tehran’s Water Rationing: From Climate Crisis to Social Inequality and Governance Failure
Tehran’s unprecedented drought and unannounced water rationing expose deep social inequalities and governance failure, as the wealthy bypass shortages, the poor bear the risks,…
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Isfahan in Crisis: When the Heart of Iran Runs Dry
Isfahan faces converging crises (vanishing water, land subsidence, air pollution, and a dying wetland), showing how unbalanced industrial growth can push Iran’s historic cities…
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Iran’s Mines: A Menace to Local Communities, a Haven for Rent-Seeking
Parliament research shows Iran’s mining sector fosters rent-seeking and monopolies, sidelines local communities, and—rather than driving sustainable development—remains primarily extractive, degrades the environment, depletes…
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Gross Human Rights Violations at the Andirgan Gold Mine: Direct Fire on Protesters
Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified in ethnic regions like…
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Caspian Landgrabbing: Turning Rice Paddies into Villas
Mazandaran officials approved a deal swapping waste services for land reclassification, pulling 60+ hectares of rice paddies into village limits for villas, sidestepping legal…
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Lake Urmia’s Death: The Fall of Iran’s Azure Jewel
Once the azure jewel of Iran, Lake Urmia has officially collapsed into a salt desert. Decades of mismanagement, damming, and climate change have turned…
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Water for Towers or for People? How Politics Fuels Tehran’s Water Crisis
Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are left with dry taps…
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Iran’s Forest Mafia Revives Illegal Construction in Hyrcanian Forests
Despite the Mazandaran prosecutor’s order to halt the destruction of the Elimalat forest, the project executor has reportedly resumed illegal construction activities in the…
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Fires Wreak Havoc on Iran’s Wetlands and Forests
A fire has engulfed 500 hectares of the Iranian section of the Hoor Al-Azim wetland and five hectares of the Olong forest in Shahrood.…
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Meager Penalties for Rampant Timber Smuggling in Iran’s Mazandaran
Timber smugglers in Iran’s Mazandaran province have escalated their activities, not only causing environmental destruction but also engaging in acts of vengeance against environmental…
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Rira: A Reminder of the Environment and Iran’s Nature Lovers Behind Bars
“Nature needs its advocates.” These words were shared by Aras Amiri, a former British Council arts manager and ex-Evin prisoner, in her opening speech…