{"id":330129,"date":"2025-04-04T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330129"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:17:10","slug":"iran-protests-isfahan-farmers-demand-water-rights-amid-intensifying-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-isfahan-farmers-demand-water-rights-amid-intensifying-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests: Isfahan Farmers Demand Water Rights Amid Intensifying Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330130\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025.jpg\" alt=\"Farmers in Isfahan, central Iran, continued their protest for water rights on April 4, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/iran-isfahan-farmers-protest-04042025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmers in Isfahan, central Iran, continued their protest for water rights on April 4, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Farmers from Ziar and Khorasgan in Isfahan province have resumed their protests over water rights, staging rallies on April 3 and 4 against the clerical regime\u2019s failure to provide access to the waters of the Zayandeh Rud river. Demonstrators accuse the authorities of systemic negligence and policies that prioritize water allocation to state-affiliated institutions and other regions at the expense of local agriculture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chanting slogans such as \u201cZayandeh Rud\u2019s water is our right\u201d and \u201cThirty years of looting the river\u2019s water,\u201d protesters decried the ongoing injustice and suppression of their livelihood. They also highlighted the government\u2019s broken promises and negligence towards their demands for sustainable water distribution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protests escalated after reports emerged of farmers in Isfahan damaging water transfer pipelines to the neighboring province of Yazd. <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/iran\/53818-isfahan-farmers-protest-against-water-shortages-protesters-break-water-pipeline-to-yazd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to reports<\/a>, demonstrators broke sections of the pipeline on March 29, as frustration grew over the continued drying of Zayandeh Rud and the lack of action by the authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More footage of protest rally by farmers in Isfahan.<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\/2rai0J8c22\">pic.twitter.com\/2rai0J8c22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1908092145107378567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-isfahan-farmers-clash-with-security-forces-over-water-crisis-sabotage-yazd-pipeline\/\">dispatching security forces<\/a> to confront the protesters. Meanwhile,\u00a0Elias Hazrati, the head of the government&#8217;s Information Council, confirmed that orders had been issued to repair the damaged pipelines. Hazrati described the protesters as \u201ca small group causing disruption,\u201d and dismissed their grievances as illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the pipeline sabotage, authorities in Yazd declared a \u201cred alert\u201d due to disruptions in the region\u2019s water supply. The Water and Sewage Company of Yazd reported that essential pumping stations had been set on fire, leading to water shortages across multiple districts. Schools and government<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khabaronline.ir\/news\/2044912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> offices in Yazd will be closed<\/a> on April 5 and 6 due to the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions over water rights in Isfahan have been simmering for years, with farmers repeatedly protesting against the diversion of Zayandeh Rud\u2019s water to other provinces. These protests reached their peak in 2018 when security forces responded to peaceful demonstrations with pellet guns, leading to severe injuries, including cases of blindness among demonstrators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More footage of the protest rally by farmers of Isfahan.<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\/BylfWZebrE\">pic.twitter.com\/BylfWZebrE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1907154702900572360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local farmers argue that their demands for permanent water flow in Zayandeh Rud have been ignored. Despite temporary concessions by the regime, protesters insist that these measures are insufficient and unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calls for reform have been dismissed by the authorities, who continue to prioritize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsecuritybeat.org\/2024\/01\/water-corruption-and-security-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically motivated water<\/a> transfer projects. The ongoing crisis highlights the regime\u2019s broader inability to manage natural resources effectively, with activists warning that the situation will only worsen if systemic changes are not made. The protests are expected to continue, with farmers and their supporters vowing to press on until their demands for equitable water distribution are met.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers from Ziar and Khorasgan in Isfahan province have resumed their protests over water rights, staging rallies on April 3 and 4 against the clerical regime&rsquo;s failure to provide access [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":330130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130],"class_list":{"0":"post-330129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests","8":"tag-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran Protests: Isfahan Farmers Demand Water Rights Amid Intensifying Crisis - 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