Iran’s water woes worsen despite warmer Taliban ties
Iranian and Taliban officials have issued conflicting claims about how water from a dam in southwestern Afghanistan will be used, amid worsening shortages in Iran and protests.
Protests in late January along the border between Iran and Afghanistan over water resources show that one of the key issues between the two countries remains unsolved, even as cooperation between the two deepens.
Photos were circulated of trucks with their windshields broken, reportedly by stones thrown by angry protesters just across the border from Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz province.
Videos were also posted on social media of protesters blocking Afghan trucks from entering Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeid Khatibzadeh said that the people in that area were “facing water shortage and lack of water rights from Helmand and held a peaceful protest with some unacceptable emotional behaviors.”
