Several Azeri activists in Iran have been arrested after calling on people to participate in the latest protest over the drying up of Lake Orumieh, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. The Association ...

As reported in Tehran Bureau, the condition of Lake Orumieh, one of Iran's greatest natural treasures, has been rapidly deteriorating. The lake, which lies largely in the Azeri region of north ...

The activists in Tabriz were protesting the Iranian government's failure to take measures to save Lake Orumieh (Urmia), a saltwater lake situated between Iran's East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan ...

Lake Orumiyeh (also Orumieh or Urmia) in northwestern Iran is one of the world’s largest landlocked salt lakes, but it is shrinking. (Images and links) Orumiyeh is fed by roughly 60 rivers and ...

spotlight ] Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom featured Lake Orumieh in this 1975 episode, "The Flamingos Return to Rezaiyeh": Flamingos nesting at Lake Rezaiyeh in northern Iran are studied by ...

Commander of Orumieh's Shohada Corps volunteer (Basij) Force Brigadier General Abeddin Khorram announced on Wednesday that his forces are due to stage massive exercises codenamed 'Towards Beit al ...