Tasnim|Erfan Samanifar: Although the heavy rainfall in recent days have led to serious flooding in many cities and towns in southern Iran, dried-up wetlands and lakes including Maharloo Lake in Fars province, near the city of Shiraz, have been revived.      ...

The head of the Fars Department of the Environment reports that plentiful rainfall in the past year has helped replenish Lake Maharloo to its full capacity. Ebrahim Karnami told the PANA News Agency that the return of water to Lake Maharloo has restored lost ground in regional tourism. In 2008, 90 percent of Lake Maharloo was dried up, leading ...