FNA - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that Tehran and Yerevan should join hands to set up a working group to clean Aras River. "Iran and Armenia have long-standing relations and Iran is ready for cooperation in different fields," Larijani said in a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ara Babloya on the sidelines of meeting of ...

FNA- The Armenian government approved a bill for the establishment of a free trade zone near its common border with Iran along Aras River. Meghri Free Trade Zone will be set in the vicinity of Irans border in an area of 32 hectares, the Armenian government said. The Armenian government will invest over $3 million in the first year for setting ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A new bridge built over the Aras River near Jolfa border checkpoint along Iran-Azerbaijan border has come into operation, Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen announced on Saturday. Trucks weighing more than 30 tons will be able to cross the river by passing through the bridge, Pakayeen said on Friday. While pedestrians ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian energy minister and Armenias minister of environmental protection agreed on Wednesday to step up Tehran-Yerevan joint efforts to monitor and reduce water pollution in the Aras River. The Iranian capital of Tehran saw Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, and the visiting Armenian minister of environmental protection, Aram ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi inaugurated a government's project to save the dying lake of Orumiyeh in the Northwestern parts of the country. Rahimi, who was in East Azarbaijan Province, inaugurated the project to transfer the Aras River's water to Northeast Orumiyeh Lake on Saturday. The project aims to provide ...

During the summer months of 2011, the fact was brought to the agenda that Lake Urmia, the third largest saltwater lake on Earth and the largest lake in the Middle East, located in northwestern Iran, has been shrinking. During periods with maximum amounts of water, the surface area of Lake Urmia was 140 kilometers from north to south, and 85 kilometers ...