Iran Ambassador Rejects Accusations Of “water War” Against Iraq

Iraj Masjedi says solely seven p.c of the waters in Iraq move by means of Iranian territory whereas 93 p.c comes from different nations corresponding to Turkey, stressing that the Iraqis have singled out the seven p.c that comes from Iran.

“The issue of water is a regional concern and isn’t restricted to a single nation. Each the degrees of floor and subsurface waters have lowered,” he mentioned.

“Iran has by no means moved to scale back [the level] of waters in Iraq. We name on Iraq to seek the advice of with all sides together with Iran, Turkey and the whole area to know the place the issue of water is, somewhat than turning to detrimental feedback to media. They need to come to widespread options not solely on the difficulty of water but in addition on the difficulty of mud.”

Masjedi had earlier additionally responded to accusations of waging a “water struggle” in opposition to Iraq stressing that the water disaster has imposed itself on the area and that Iran is to not blame for lowered ranges of water in Iraq.