Lake Urmia has become a "dust hotspot"

Hassan Abbasnejad, Director General of Environmental Protection of East Azerbaijan, described the situation of Lake Urmia as a "disaster" and said that the lake is "the largest dust source in the region."

Referring to the existence of 25 wetlands in the Lake Urmia basin, he said that the conditions of each of these wetlands are "getting worse day by day," and that new and urgent plans must be implemented to save the lake.

The situation of Lake Urmia has been critical for the last fifteen years, and officials of the Ahmadinejad and Rouhani governments had previously repeatedly announced the implementation of plans to revive the lake and the success of the implemented projects.

According to published reports, the previous Iranian government spent 15 trillion tomans to restore Lake Urmia, but no detailed report has been published yet on the success of the projects and the costs incurred.

Source: Radio Farda