Although U.S.-Iran relations have been strained for decades, the countries have permitted scientific exchanges to brainstorm on how to replenish the diminishing waters of Lake Urmia and Utah’s ...

One of the world's largest saltwater lakes is almost gone, and ethnic minority Iranians blame the mullahs in charge of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Over the past two decades, Lake Urmia ...

Seen here in 2018, Iran's Lake Urmia has been drying up for years in one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades — ATTA KENARE Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts ...

Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran, is named after the provincial capital city of Urmia ... There are 115 Assyrian villages in Urmia (map). Satellite image showing the decrease in the size of the lake ...

the expanse of Iran’s Lake Urmia has been drying up for years. Once considered the largest lake in the Middle East, Lake Urmia has transformed into a vast salty desert with only memories of its ...

Straddling the misleadingly named provinces of East and West Azerbaijan in Iran, Lake Urmia has been an icon of Middle Eastern geography since… well, pretty much since geography was a thing.

With a surface area between 4000 to 6000 km2, Lake Urmia is a hypersaline lake located in northwest Iran. It is the saltiest large lake in the world that supports life. Lake Urmia National Park is the ...

Tehran (AFP) – Iran's Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts are not prioritised over the needs of farmers in the drought gripping the region, an environment official said Tuesday.

Urmia, Iran - April 8, 2018: Road bridge on Urmia Salt Lake. it was the largest lake in the Middle East, now on the verge of extinction. Picture: iStock Iran’s Lake Urmia will dry out completely ...