Iran, Iraq exchange accusations over water flow
Iraq is planning to complain to the International Court of Justice about the drop in water flow from Iran.
![A picture taken Oct. 26, 2021, shows the Darbandikhan Dam after the water level had fallen by 7.5 meters in one year, in northeastern Iraq.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-01/GettyImages-1236138072.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=6rA4h27C)
Iraq is planning to file a lawsuit against Iran for water cuts, according to Iraq's Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid Al Hamdani.
Iraq has received only one-tenth of what it was receiving in the past from Iran, while water from Turkey also fell by almost two-thirds.