Thousands protest dried-up river in Iran’s Isfahan

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IRAN: MASSIVE PROTESTS IN ISFAHAN

 

Tehran, Iran – Thousands of protesters have gathered in Isfahan in central Iran to demand the revival of a significant river that has dried up.

Footage broadcast by state television and dozens of videos circulating on social media on Friday showed a sea of farmers and other people standing on a huge barren strip of dirt where the major Zayandeh Rud River used to flow, near the iconic Khaju Bridge in Isfahan province.

“Give Isfahan its breath, give our Zayandeh Rud back,” the protesters chanted. Some called for “equality and justice”.

The river’s dryness is thought to directly affect the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers in the province, state TV said, in addition to adversely affecting the environment.