{"id":238573,"date":"2021-04-25T08:16:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=238573"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:57:50","slug":"iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-52535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3-696x476.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019 lives. In recent days, farmers in Isfahan province, central Iran, held protests demanding their due right to water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIn the last months of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government, what remains of the Zayandehrood River, the vital artery of the Central Plateau of Iran, is a street covered in dirt in the heart of Isfahan,\u201d wrote the state-run Mehr News agency on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-protests-against-the-clerical-regimes-crimes-and-plunder\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Farmers<\/a> have been holding rallies for long, protesting the regime\u2019s destructive water distribution policies. \u201cProvincial officials announced that water would be distributed in May but did not specify the exact time of release, its duration, and the volume of water delivered,\u201d Mehr News quoted a farmer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe should prepare the land to cultivate. We must provide suitable seeds and fertilizer, but no one is responsible for us. We are left undecided and have no income with these economic conditions,\u201d the farmer, identified as Seyed Morteza, tells Mehr.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s destructive water distribution policies affect not only farmers\u2019 lives but also the ecosystem. \u201cEvery time the Zayanderud river closes in Isfahan, thousands of fish die, and this is a serious threat to the environment,\u201d Mehr News Agency added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Zayande-rood-Fish\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238590 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish.jpg\" alt=\"Every time the Zayanderud river closes in Isfahan, thousands of fish die, and this is a serious threat to the environment\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Zayande-rood-Fish-696x436.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cEven though MPs promised to follow up on farmers\u2019 problems during a visit to the east of Isfahan last month, so far, no results have been obtained from this meeting for the livelihood and determination of farmers\u2019 duties and demands,\u201d Mehr News acknowledged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: Isfahan farmers clash with regime security forces\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_femSvIWY2OA\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfemSvIWY2OA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/femSvIWY2OA\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M11S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-04-07T09:49:44Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_femSvIWY2OA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfemSvIWY2OA%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: Isfahan farmers clash with regime security forces<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/femSvIWY2OA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfemSvIWY2OA%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Isfahan farmers clash with regime security forces\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"April 7th. This morning, after the gathering of people and farmers in Khaju Bridge in Isfahan, they rallied in protest of the interruption of their water rights. The repressive security forces attacked the farmers to disperse them but farmers clashed with them and it is going on. https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-world\/friday-s-iran-mini-report-apr-06-2018\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But where the water goes?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe farmers do not need the water of the Beheshtabad tunnel or the water of the Persian Gulf; If the illegal pumping that was done to develop the gardens and villas of some of the officials\u2019 relatives be stopped, our water will be returned,\u201d one <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-continue-across-iran-as-economic-crises-deepen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">farmer<\/a> told Mehr News Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also, the regime has rerouted the water for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> industrial projects. The regime has increasingly built factories, sucking up large amounts of water. Water has also been diverted to other regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe Ben-Brojen Plan, which incorporated providing a huge water supply to large industrial factories and using the water for other areas and many decisions that resulted from mismanagement has made the people angry,\u201d Hesam Nazari, one of the regime\u2019s local officials, had told the ILNA News Agency on January 28, 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-04T19:58:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"#IranProtests- Nationwide Uprising in #Iran-November 2019 Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: World must condemn horrific crime against humanity, take action to stop it and free all prisoners; inaction is inexcusable and the regime will construe it as a green light to continue and intensify its crimes. The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) published an additional list of the heroic victims of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising. The number of those killed in the protests that swept across 200 cities has risen to 1,500 According to reports received by the Iranian Resistance from inside the country, the Iranian regime\u2019s State Security Force alone has recorded 1,029 deaths related to the protests.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Now with this crisis intensifying, Mehr echoes the regime\u2019s fear of protests by farmers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe wound of the Zayanderud river has reopened following the drought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Farmers in the east and west of Isfahan have not been able to cultivate since October last year due to water shortage and lack of reservoirs in the Zayandehrud Dam reservoir,\u201d Mehr wrote adding, \u201cIn the past eight months, farmers have asked provincial officials repeatedly to address livelihood problems, implement legal decrees to revive the Zayandeh River, and determine the farmers\u2019 due right to water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe silence, recklessness, and indifference of the government to save the challenging Zayanderud have frustrated the most oppressed people that are making their living from farming. Wrong policies are now exacerbating the social, economic, and environmental consequences,\u201d Mehr warned the regime\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the Iranian regime&rsquo;s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals&rsquo; lives. In recent days, farmers in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":52535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[129,130,229],"class_list":{"0":"post-238573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iran-protests","10":"tag-irans-economy"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"684\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansoureh Galestan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansoureh Galestan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9\"},\"headline\":\"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran\",\"Iran Protests\",\"Iran's Economy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Protests &amp; Demonstrations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":684,\"caption\":\"Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-protests\\\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9\",\"name\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\"},\"description\":\"Mansoureh Galestan is a writer and novelist. She was a news editor for Radio Mojahed from 1983 to 1988 and a news editor for Simay-e Azadi from 1988 to 2013. She has been a news writer for NCR-Iran since 2013.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/mansoureh-galestan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI","description":"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI","og_description":"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":684,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mansoureh Galestan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mansoureh Galestan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/"},"author":{"name":"Mansoureh Galestan","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9"},"headline":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests","datePublished":"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/"},"wordCount":551,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg","keywords":["Iran","Iran Protests","Iran's Economy"],"articleSection":["Iran Protests &amp; Demonstrations"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/","name":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-25T13:16:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T03:57:50+00:00","description":"Due to the Iranian regime\u2019s policies, the Zayanderud river, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, has dried and affected the ecosystem and locals\u2019","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3.jpg","width":1000,"height":684,"caption":"Iran-Demonstrations-of-Farmers-in-Isfahan-and-Retirees-in-Tehran-3"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers\u2019 Protests"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9","name":"Mansoureh Galestan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mansoureh Galestan"},"description":"Mansoureh Galestan is a writer and novelist. She was a news editor for Radio Mojahed from 1983 to 1988 and a news editor for Simay-e Azadi from 1988 to 2013. She has been a news writer for NCR-Iran since 2013.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/mansoureh-galestan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}