Revered by ethnic Azeris as “the turquoise solitaire of Azerbaijan,” Lake Urmia was second only to the Caspian Sea as the largest saltwater lake in the Middle East, a haven for birds and bathers.

Like the famous Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the Salton Sea in California, the salty expanse of Lake Urmia in Iran has been drying up and shrinking for decades. Now the lake ...

TABNAK, Dec, 01 : Japan has recently announced that it allocated a grant aid worth US$4.5 million for projects such as reviving Urmia Lake and developing wetlands in Iran hit severely due to climate ...

Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian attended Parliament's open session on Tuesday to respond to the questions posed by MP Nader Ghazipour from Urmia constituency. Chitchian was questioned upon the ...

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 ...

Over the past two decades, Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran, has shrunk by nearly 95 percent, destroying the once-booming tourism and fishing industries and the habitat of local fauna, including ...

Ms. Williams is a writer who lives in Utah and grew up near the Great Salt Lake. Mr. Sheikh is an artist engaged in a long-term project on environmental damage in the Southwest. March 25 ...

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.

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 ...