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Trucker strike 20191/12/2024 ![]() In 2018, then-Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that drought and water scarcity could fuel "massive migration" and eventually lead to a "disaster." Now, he adds, many are moving from these cities to other provinces.Ĭondition Critical: Desertification Threatens To Turn Iran's Future To Dust "Many people lived there, they all moved to Zahedan and Zabol," said Fatemi. But as the wetlands have diminished, many locals have migrated to the cities. The Hamun wetlands were a key source of food and livelihood for thousands of people. "As a result, the slightest change in the climate affects the population."įatemi cited the drying up of the wetlands and lakes in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan as an example. "It is visible because Iran is very dry, there is little rainfall, and a significant part of the country is desert," Tehran-based ecologist Mohammadreza Fatemi told RFE/RL. ![]() Observers say the real figures are likely much higher.Įxperts say a growing number of Iranians are likely to leave rural areas as more areas of Iran - where most of the land is arid or semiarid - become uninhabitable every year. The estimated figure for 2021 was 41,000. While the exact number of climate migrants is unknown, Iranian media estimated that around 42,000 people in 2022 were forced to migrate due to the effects of climate change, including drought, sand and dust storms, floods, and natural disasters. But experts say the crisis has been exacerbated by government mismanagement and rapid population growth. Iranian officials have blamed worsening water scarcity and rising desertification on climate change. Many of the climate migrants are farmers, laborers, and fishermen who are moving with their families from the countryside to major urban areas in Iran in search of alternative livelihoods. Record temperatures, prolonged droughts, and the drying up of rivers and lakes are displacing tens of thousands of Iranians each year, experts say. Written by Ardeshir Tayebi based on an original story in Persian by RFE/RL's Radio Farda The activist HRANA news agency said that as of November 23, at least 445 protesters had been killed during the uprising, including 61 minors, as security forces try to stifle widespread dissent. The widespread demonstrations represent the biggest threat to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution. Her death has prompted thousands of Iranians to take to the streets to demand more freedoms and women's rights. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has accused Kurdish groups of "attacking and infiltrating Iran to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest" amid the protests that erupted over Amini's death. They also demanded the immediate withdrawal of all armed forces from Kurdistan, the unconditional release of all prisoners and those detained, and the cessation of rocket fire into Iraq's Kurdish region. Meanwhile, three labor organizations, the Haft Tapeh Workers' Union, the Coordinating Committee to Help Establish Labor Organizations, and the Retirees' Union Group issued a joint statement condemning the bloody repression of people in the Kurdish cities of western Iran. Images published on social media also showed that workers at the Pars home-appliance factory in Qazvin were also on strike, chanting, "Workers, shout, shout for your rights." Strikes have also been reported in several cities in recent days, with reports that workers at the Safe Khodro, an auto manufacturer in the city of Karaj, just northwest of the capital, went on strike on November 27. The death on September 16 of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody sparked a new wave of unrest that authorities have met with lethal force across the country. sanctions imposed because of Tehran's nuclear program. Unrest among workers in many sectors of Iran's economy is causing pressure to mount on the government after a summer of unrest over poor living conditions and a flagging economy wracked by U.S. ![]() Trucks in the central Iranian city of Isfahan remained parked while reports published on social media indicated that drivers in the cities of Qazvin, Kermanshah, Marand, and Bandar Abbas joined the protest, sparked by the death of a young woman in Tehran after being detained in mid-September for a violation of the country's strict head-scarf law. Iranian truck drivers have continued to strike for a third day, with more joining their ranks across the country despite threats from security agents over undelivered cargo.
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