EghtesadOnline: Iran is finalizing a flurry of new deals in the water and power sectors while efforts are underway to restore a large and shrunken lake in northwest Iran, one of the country's biggest environmental challenges in years, the caretaker energy minister said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran wants its neighbors to respect the water share agreements or unwritten well-established traditions regarding the issue, said the head of the presidential office.