Water-Rights Talks With Taliban Continue, Says Iran
Iran’s vice president and head of the Department of Environment, Shina Ansari, said negotiations with the Taliban on water rights are continuing, adding that understandings reached so far have been verbal.
Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency, Ansari said the minimum water allocation to Iran under the 1973 agreement on the Hamoun wetlands must be ensured, and that Tehran is seriously pursuing implementation of the arrangement.
She stressed that Iran’s water share should be delivered in a structured and reliable manner.
Ansari said Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, near the Afghan border, is currently facing water shortages because of insufficient supply, affecting people’s livelihoods.
