Obama administration holds up environmental grants to Iran - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin

Jun 23, 2014

A fisherman tries to catch fish at the dried-up Zayanderood River, with the Khajoo Bridge seen in the background, in Isfahan, 450 km (281 miles) south of Tehran, June 27, 2008. The river dried up due to low rainfall and the water being re-channelled for hydroelectricity purposes. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - RTX7EU6 — A fisherman drags his nets at the dried-up Zayanderood River, with the Khajoo Bridge in the background, in Esfahan, 450 kilometers (281 miles) south of Tehran, June 27, 2008. — REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

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A picture taken on August 14, 2016 in a abandoned village near the southern Iranian city of Sirjan shows dead pistachio trees at a field that farmers left behind due to the lack of water.
The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun -- the underground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farming and waste. The last farmers left with their families 10 years ago, and the village has the look of an abandoned Martian colony. / AFP / ATTA KENARE / TO GO WIT

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