IRNA -- Head of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Erik Solheim said that although Iran still is trying to confront environmental challenges, especially dust particles and Orumiyeh Lake crisis, but it has successful function in managing the challenges. Solheim, also UN undersecretary, told IRNA on the sidelines of visiting Orumiyeh Lake on Saturday ...

IRNA Water level of Iran's Orumiyeh Lake, the largest in the Middle East region, has risen by about 33 centimeters compared with the same time in the preceding year, secretary of the headquarters in charge of activities to save the lake Farhad Sarkhosh announced. Sarkhosh told IRNA on Sunday that the increase which came despite low rainfall indicates ...

Visiting Environment Minister of France Segolene Royal looking down to the revived Orumiyeh Lake through a plane window on August 29, 2016. Visiting Environment Minister of France Segolene Royal and head of Iran Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar visiting the world largest salt lake in northwestern Iran.     By ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran plans to save the endangered Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of the country in joint cooperation with Japanese experts, the secretary of Oroumiyeh Lake Revival Headquarters said Monday. At a press conference on Monday, Mohammad Masoud Tajrishi underlined the government's determination to save one of the world's largest saltwater ...

Tehran, June 18, IRNA An official in charge of Orumiyeh Lake revitalization organization said on Saturday that the environment of the lake has been stabilized. Speaking in a local conference, Masoud Tajrishi said that in the past three years better management of water resources, dredging up operation of Siminrood and Zarinehrood (name of two rivers) ...

Orumiyah, West Azarbaijan prov, May 30, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani said the government was working hard on projects to revive Orumiyah Lake. Addressing a gathering of people in this northwestern city on Monday, he said the government was steadily working to improve the status of the lake. He noted that the level of lakes water has already risen ...

Tabriz, Feb 9, IRNA Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar said on Tuesday that Orumiyeh Lake should survive and not reach an irreversible point. Speaking at the University of Tabriz, Ebtekar said that revival of Orumiyeh Lake is high on the agenda of President Rouhani's government. Referring to plans to identify ...

Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan, Dec 25, IRNA - Vice-President and Head of the Department of Environment Massoumeh Ebtekar cited Orumiyeh Lake as a global heritage, saying that global efforts are being made to save it. Ebtekar arrived in West Azarbaijan province on Thursday. On the problem of pollution in big cities, she said comprehensive studies are ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 12 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Comments by President Rouhani at a gathering to honor the memory of the late wife of the founder of the Islamic Republic dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers ...

[caption id="attachment_111667" align="alignright" width="200"] Vice-President and Head of Iran's Department of Environment, Dr. Masoumeh Ebtekar[/caption] Tehran, March 18, IRNA Vice-President and head of the Department of Environment Ma'soumeh Ebtekar said on Wednesday that Orumiyeh lake is manifestation of peace and friendship among world nations....

Restrictions on agricultural activities in the region are one measure being taken by the Iranian government in order to save the rapidly drying Urmia Lake. According to the new plan, a large expanse of land watered by the Zarineh River will have a temporary ban on agricultural activities. The plan has been entitled the No Planting Project. The ...

Orumiyeh: Sept 22, IRNA - Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Kuji Haneda said on Monday that the huge amount of salt at Orumiyeh lake could play significant role in the economic development of the West Azarbaijan province. The Japanese ambassador made the remarks in a meeting with Governor-General of West Azarbaijan Ghorbanali Sa'adat on Monday. The salt ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Construction of three dams around the drying Lake Oroumiyeh in northwest of Iran has been shelved in a bid to save one of the world's largest saltwater lakes from disappearing, Iranian Energy Minster announced. Speaking at a provincial meeting in Irans West Azarbaijan province on Saturday, Hamid Chitchian said save Lake Oroumiyeh ...

[caption id="attachment_109262" align="alignright" width="220"] Boats sit on the bed of the dried-out Urmia lake, northwest of Iran October 4, 2013. REUTERS/United Nations Iran/Handout via Reuters[/caption] (Reuters) - As a child, Mohammad Rahmanpour spent his summers swimming in Lake Orumieh in northwestern Iran - then the largest in the Middle East....

Mahabad, West Azarbaijan prov, June 26, IRNA - UN Assistant Secretary General and the UNDP regional director for Asia and the Pacific praised the Iranian government endeavors to revive the Orumiyeh Lake here on Thursday. He made the statement in a local gathering in this northwestern province. The interaction and cooperation of the Iranian executive ...

Tehran, Oct 27, IRNA The United Nations Resident Coordinator Gary Lewis has proposed ways to prevent the death of the worlds largest slatwater lake, the Lake of Orumiyeh. The UN Information Center (UNIC) to Tehran quoted the official in a press release on Sunday as noting in a report that the slow death of the Lake Orumiyeh signals a warning for ...

Baku. Shamil Alibeyli APA. Iran and Azerbaijan have been cooperating in the use of the Araz River for more than 42 years and there is an agreement on the use of water resources of this river. I should say that Iran is using only its own water resources of the Araz River for the transfer. The Azerbaijani side has given consent on this issue, as both ...

Iran news headlines on Sunday include Iranian MP urging release of political prisoners; Iranian commander expressing over all-out preparedness of Iran's air defense unit; country daily oil income rising by $13m soon; Iran's electricity generation capacity rising to 69500 Megawatts; Officials from 40 states participation in Rouhani inauguration; country ...

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 ...