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Potable Water Supply in Rural Areas Improving

EghtesadOnline: Access to safe drinking water is a major concern throughout the world. Health risks arise from consumption of water contaminated with pollutants or harmful chemicals that can transmit diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio.
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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 07:23

Water diplomacy, inseparable part of foreign policy: Deputy FM

EghtesadOnline: Deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs says that the countries in water basin have no choice but cooperation, stressing that water diplomacy is an inseparable part of foreign policy and interaction between nations.
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Publish Date:29/April/2017 | 15:01

Virtual Water Theory Up for Nat’l Debate

EghtesadOnline: The press conference for the first-ever International Conference on Virtual Water in Iran was held on Saturday to analyze the effective use of water in agriculture in light of the country’s looming water shortage.
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Publish Date:24/April/2017 | 09:11

Iran, Holland to cooperate in water management

EghtesadOnline: The first meeting between Strategic Committee for Joint Cooperation of Iran’s Ministry of Energy and Holland's Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment concerning water management and water governance was held on Sunday, April 9.
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Publish Date:09/April/2017 | 13:51

Presidential Advisor Outlines 6 Challenges of Iran’s Economy

EghtesadOnline: Water crisis, environmental woes, crumbling pension funds, banking troubles, budget deficit and unemployment are six major challenges of Iran’s economy, the senior economic advisor to President Hassan Rouhani said.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 16:06

Iran's Next Budget Focuses on Railroad, Environment, Water

EghtesadOnline: Railroads, environment and water and sewage are top priorities of the budget for the next fiscal year (March 2017-18), as 100 trillion rials ($2.6 billion) have been earmarked for the development of these sectors, says government spokesperson, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht.
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Publish Date:11/February/2017 | 06:14

Caspian Water Transfer Plan Opposed

EghtesadOnline: The parliament has opposed the controversial plan to transfer water from Caspian Sea to the drought-hit central plateau after long debates over the issue.
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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 10:43

Iranian Gov't Wants Diminished Role in Water, Power Projects

EghtesadOnline: The government is enforcing new regulations that restrict new state funding for new power plant and dam projects in the next five years, Alireza Daemi, the deputy energy minister said.
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Publish Date:27/December/2016 | 10:40

Water Solutions Remain Elusive

EghtesadOnline: Iran has been struggling with water shortage for so long that those in their early twenties do not recall a time when the country did not suffer from the scarcity of this precious resource.
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Publish Date:25/December/2016 | 18:38