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Its Great Lake Shriveled, Iran Confronts Crisis of Water Supply

(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink - In 1998, Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran was once Iran's largest lake - 90 miles long and 35 miles wide, slightly larger than Great Salt Lake in Utah. Today, only 5% of the water remains. Most blame the half-dozen major dams the government has built in the region for the lake's disappearance, many built by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps through its engineering arm, Khatam al-Anbia Construction.

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