Iran’s massive new water project nears completion, threatening Iraqi rivers

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http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/110620181


ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iran’s biggest water project will be completed this year, according to the head of Khatam al-Anbiya, a construction company controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC).

“This project includes 17 dams and a 150 kilometer tunnel through the Iranian provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam, and Khuzestan,” Abdullah Abdullahi, head of Khatam al-Anbiy, told IRINN on Monday.

In 1990, the IRGC established Khatam Al-Anbiya, which is now the Islamic Republic’s biggest construction firm.

In an interview with Fars News agency last year, Khatam al-Anbiya head Gen. Ali Abdullahi said 200,000 Iranians work for the company.

The aim of this project is to move water from the west of Iran to the east and center of the country. This means diverting the waters of the Little Zab and Sirwan rivers – both of which flow into Iraqi Kurdistan.

According to Abdullahi, part of Khatam al-Anbiya’s project is to channel water from the Little Zab to the dried up Lake Urmia in Iran’s Western Azerbaijan Province.

 

[Malik Alashter]

Nice very nice
The Turks try to fill their massive dam of Ilisu which will kill the river of Tigris and with the farming in Iraq!!
Now Iran want to divert the river so we die thirsty!!

 

[KediKesenFare3]

You have huge energy resources. Sell them and buy water.

 

[Malik Alashter]

You have huge energy resources. Sell them and buy water.

You wish you got to understand that the trade Balance between us that tends to your favor which is amounted around fifteen billions can be cut and with that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost

And I swear to god if me or someone like me get in power then say farewell to all that.

But how about desalination of water and we can do it easily.

 

[KediKesenFare3]

The trade surplus was 7.5 billion USD last year. Doesn't change the fact that you could easily solve your water problems with all the money you're getting from selling energy to the world. Your politicians are incompetent and that's why Iraq is facing water shortages.

 

[-SINAN-]

Nice very nice
The Turks try to fill their massive dam of Ilisu which will kill the river of Tigris and with the farming in Iraq!!
Now Iran want to divert the river so we die thirsty!!

- As far as i know, although the construction of the Ilısu Dam has been finished, we are not still filling the dam because of the Iraqis request.
- Our officials said, flow will continue to Iraq while we are filling the dam and the dam will be filled in a 3 years time frame in order to not disturb Iraq's agriculture.

 

[Malik Alashter]

- As far as i know, although the construction of the Ilısu Dam has been finished, we are not still filling the dam because of the Iraqis request.
- Our officials said, flow will continue to Iraq while we are filling the dam and the dam will be filled in a 3 years time frame in order to not disturb Iraq's agriculture.

Thats what I got too..

We are certainly not against Turkey or Iran make use of their resources all we need enough water for the nation to survive and keep farming their land.

On a side note is there a thread for turkish armed forces

 

[-SINAN-]

Thats what I got too..

We are certainly not against Turkey or Iran make use of their resources all we need enough water for the nation to survive and keep farming their land.

Again afaik, Ilısu dam will be used for power production solely, so after the filling of the dam, there will no decrease in the flow of the river.

On a side note is there a thread for turkish armed forces

Like a general thread for entire armed forces ? No..

 

[SALMAN F]

- As far as i know, although the construction of the Ilısu Dam has been finished, we are not still filling the dam because of the Iraqis request.
- Our officials said, flow will continue to Iraq while we are filling the dam and the dam will be filled in a 3 years time frame in order to not disturb Iraq's agriculture.

The project is old also turkey told the iraqi government to fill their lakes and dams but the iraqi government are corrupted

Thats what I got too..

We are certainly not against Turkey or Iran make use of their resources all we need enough water for the nation to survive and keep farming their land.

On a side note is there a thread for turkish armed forces

Iraqi government should build dam on the gulf instead of letting the iraqi water to be wasted in the gulf it's the iraqi government to blame because turkey already told them that they should save water in the lakes and dams of Iraq beside the artificial rivers and canals but they didn't do anything

It's easy for the rulers of Iraq to blame other countries to cover their own corruption and mismanagements and waste of the resources

You have huge energy resources. Sell them and buy water.

Water is for everyone according to the international laws it's on the surface unlike oil and gas inside the earth

If the oil flood like the rivers than turkey will have the right to it but the water on the other hand like the rivers are not inside the earth but on the surface and pass through many countries not like the petroleum

 

[Malik Alashter]

The project is old also turkey told the iraqi government to fill their lakes and dams but the iraqi government are corrupted


Iraqi government should build dam on the gulf instead of letting the iraqi water to be wasted in the gulf it's the iraqi government to blame because turkey already told them that they should save water in the lakes and dams of Iraq beside the artificial rivers and canals but they didn't do anything

It's easy for the rulers of Iraq to blame other countries to cover their own corruption and mismanagements and waste of the resources


Water is for everyone according to the international laws it's on the surface unlike oil and gas inside the earth

If the oil flood like the rivers than turkey will have the right to it but the water on the other hand like the rivers are not inside the earth but on the surface and pass through many countries not like the petroleum

You know every Iraqi knows our corrupted government but as neighbors the turks or the Iranians don't need to add insult to injury counting that the country being in chaos for a decade and a half add to that when bremer was ruling the country he was giving high salaries to the government employees that led to make huge bill on the budget it's ali in all very complicated situation even if any head of government try to fix it it'll be hard

Now water is for everyone one we Muslims believe in that.

 

[SALMAN F]

You know every Iraqi knows our corrupted government but as neighbors the turks or the Iranians don't need to add insult to injury counting that the country being in chaos for a decade and a half add to that when bremer was ruling the country he was giving high salaries to the government employees that led to make huge bill on the budget it's ali in all very complicated situation even if any head of government try to fix it it'll be hard

Now water is for everyone one we Muslims believe in that.

In this region the when your neighbors see you fall they don't give you a hand instead they want you to stay down and never rise again

This is what happening when Iraq and it's neighbors like the Syrians and Jordanians before or the turks,Iranians and Kuwaitis today they see a weakIraqi government instead of helping they are eating pieces from the injured Iraqi body

Historically Iraq was always colonized when it was weak or in chose specially after the fall of Babylon Iraq became a battle ground for the empires until Islam came than after the mongol invasions Iraq became a battle ground again for the Iranians and Turks just it was before that battle ground between Romans and Persians until the 20th century when the british came then this happened again in 2003 with the fall of the modern Iraqi state of 1921

This happened to Iraq sines the time of Sargon but every time there was iraqi leader unite the country again and liberate it like naram sen, hammurabi, nobuchenizer and ashur banibal

Iraq need strong leaders like Sargon of Akkad and king Faisal and qassim to unite and clean the country again

 

[Malik Alashter]

In this region the when your neighbors see you fall they don't give you a hand instead they want you to stay down and never rise again

This is what happening when Iraq and it's neighbors like the Syrians and Jordanians before or the turks,Iranians and Kuwaitis today they see a weakIraqi government instead of helping they are eating pieces from the injured Iraqi body

Historically Iraq was always colonized when it was weak or in chose specially after the fall of Babylon Iraq became a battle ground for the empires until Islam came than after the mongol invasions Iraq became a battle ground again for the Iranians and Turks just it was before that battle ground between Romans and Persians until the 20th century when the british came then this happened again in 2003 with the fall of the modern Iraqi state of 1921

This happened to Iraq sines the time of Sargon but every time there was iraqi leader unite the country again and liberate it like naram sen, hammurabi, nobuchenizer and ashur banibal

Iraq need strong leaders like Sargon of Akkad and king Faisal and qassim to unite and clean the country again

We should never give up the democracy this system will build our country yes we suffer now but the future is promising.

 

[SALMAN F]

We should never give up the democracy this system will build our country yes we suffer now but the future is promising.

Right now Iraq need democracy like Kuwaiti model with strong leadership or monarchy because the current version of the iraqi democracy created failed system I like Iraq goes to the parliamentary democracy like it was during the monarch with the freedom of press and political parties it's better than today's ethnosecatrian democracy

 

[tesla]

Right now Iraq need democracy like Kuwaiti model with strong leadership or monarchy because the current version of the iraqi democracy created failed system I like Iraq goes to the parliamentary democracy like it was during the monarch with the freedom of press and political parties it's better than today's ethnosecatrian democracy

Qatar is succesfull and effective country. Iraq may apply Qatar models or form alliance with qatar.What do you think about it
is it possible?

 

[SALMAN F]

Qatar is succesfull and effective country. Iraq may apply Qatar models or form alliance with qatar.What do you think about it
is it possible?

Qatar conspire against the region