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Kurdish singer from Urmia sentenced to 100 lashes; Peyman Mirzazadeh goes on hunger strike in protest
Peyman Mirzazadeh, a Kurdish singer from Urmia who is serving a two-year prison sentence in Urmia, is set to perform this week…
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Iranian experts optimistic about the restoration and replenishment of Lake Urmia
The water level of Lake Urmia has risen by more than a meter after torrential rains. The population of Artemia and single-celled algae…
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Senior UN official visits Lake Urmia restoration project
The state-run IRNA news agency reported that the administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) accompanied by the chargé d'affaires of the Japanese embassy and the representative of…
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“Only 10% of Lake Urmia remains”
A professor of climatology at the University of Tabriz says that more than 90 percent of Lake Urmia has dried up and it will take about 25 years to restore it.
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1.5 billion cubic meters of water was transferred from dams to restore Lake Urmia
The CEO of the West Azerbaijan Regional Water Company, referring to the implementation of Lake Urmia restoration projects, says that about one billion and 571…
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Special articles and reports
A wounded but standing church in Urmia
Suheila. Sh. FCNN News Agency: It is a stone building. On the slope of a hill overlooking the city with tree-filled gardens in…
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