{"id":243338,"date":"2021-07-16T08:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243338"},"modified":"2023-01-31T03:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T02:31:57","slug":"protests-in-southwest-iran-due-to-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/protests-in-southwest-iran-due-to-water-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Southwest Iran Due To Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_243326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243326\" style=\"width: 999px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police\" class=\" wp-image-243326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police\" width=\"999\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protests erupted in certain southern Iranian cities because of water shortages &#8211; July 15, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Protesters-storm-the-streets-of-Iran-over-water-shortages-police.jpg\"><\/a>Protests broke <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-khuzestan-people-left-without-water-demonstrate-in-different-cities\/\" rel=\"noopener\">out<\/a> in dozen cities in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran on Thursday night due to the water crisis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Facing severe water shortages which have devastated their lives, people poured on the street protesting the regime\u2019s inaction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead of answering people\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-water-crisis-20210611\" rel=\"noopener\">demands<\/a>, the regime dispatched its security forces to Khuzestan province. Footages from Iran show security forces resorting to massive gunfire to disperse crowds of locals who are merely protesting water shortages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to reports from Iran, cities like Ahvaz, Bostan, and\u00a0Mahshahr\u00a0witnessed protests and people clashing with the security forces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to locals, security forces use AK-47 assault rifles to open fire on people who are just protesting water shortages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the last few days, the water crisis in Iran, mainly in the south, reached a critical point, leaving people without water for hours. People took to the streets, pointing the blame at the regime and its corrupt policies. In Ahvaz, angry protesters blocked the main road while protesting severe water shortages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran: In Hamidiyeh, people rallied in the streets, despite the heavy presence of repressive SSF force. They chanted slogans against the regime officials and protested the continuous water cut.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BWzLs3Vuf\">pic.twitter.com\/6BWzLs3Vuf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1415927682039259138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Locals in\u00a0Hamidieh, Ahvaz continued their protests and marched on the street, dispersing the anti-riot unit who tried to stop them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reports indicate that over 700 villages in Khuzestan are suffering from water shortages. Farmers are in a dire situation, the palm trees die, and the buffaloes perish due to water shortages. In other words, people are dying in the swamp of carelessness and mismanagement of the ruling mullahs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran: People in the Bostan town of Dasht-e Azadegan, west of Ahvaz, chanted, &quot;We will not accept humiliation,&quot; protesting the lack of water due to transferring it to other cities. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KG1FSCUZr9\">pic.twitter.com\/KG1FSCUZr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1415927155402420224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People in the Bostan town of\u00a0Dasht-e\u00a0Azadegan, west of Ahvaz, chanted, \u201cWe will not accept humiliation,\u201d protesting the lack of water due to transferring it to other cities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Background\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/why-is-irans-water-crisis-worsening\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s<\/a> water crisis has reached a critical point. Even the regime\u2019s state-run media have acknowledged the dire situation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOf Iran\u2019s population of 85 million, about 28 million live in areas with water shortages and are under pressure in this regard, mainly in the central and southern regions of the country. Water shortages have affected all sections of society, from urban households to agricultural and rural communities,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/irans-worsening-water-crisis-foretells-an-environmental-catastrophe\/\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> the state-run Aftab News on Sunday, July 4, 2021.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe struggle of buffaloes in the sewage of the city that was once the shores of the wetland has only one message: an environmental catastrophe is happening in silence,\u201d wrote the state-run Arman daily in this regard, on July 4.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the examples of Iran\u2019s water crisis is the drying of\u00a0Hawizeh\u00a0Marshes and nearby wetlands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arman-e Meli then quotes Homan\u00a0Khakpoor, an environmentalist,\u00a0Hawizeh\u00a0Marshes \u201c100,000 hectares is in Iran and plays an important role in climate change, with farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and people taking food from it to their table. Undoubtedly, with the destruction of this wetland, Khuzestan is slowly moving\u00a0towards desertification and depopulation because this wetland will be the source of dust and sandstorms.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cUnfortunately, the Ministry of Agriculture and the government\u2019s macro-policies have caused this catastrophe. The Ministry of Energy claims that with 1.4 million cubic meters of water, the\u00a0Hawizeh\u00a0Marshes should not be dried and that they have sent 1.8 million cubic meters of water to this wetland from the Karkheh dam. But if this claim of the Ministry of Energy is true, this dam is about 100 km away from the wetland, and in this distance, the released water flows into the agricultural lands,\u201d\u00a0Khakpoor\u00a0added.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to the unscientific construction of dams, the regime is exporting massive amounts of river water to Kuwait each year, leaving southwest areas in severe shortages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, Iranians who now even do not have drinking water point the blame on the regime. These protests once again show the only solution to Iran\u2019s crisis is regime change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests broke out in dozen cities in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran on Thursday night due to the water crisis. 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