Water shortages and air pollution concern voters,but candidates anxiety weakening their campaign if they don’t focus on the economy Four years ago one of the candidates in Iran’s presidential election made himself popular by promising to save Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes that was on the cusp of disappearing. Now, or President Hassan Rouhani proudly recounts that promise,citing Urmia’s current state as an environmental success story made possible by prudent decision-making. Recent intense rainfalls and subsequent floods gain near to Rouhani’s benefit, earning Urmia a spot on the catalogue of the accomplishments of his administration.
But this is not the full story.
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Source: theguardian.com