In one such province, Khuzestan in the south west, protests have been frequent, including as part of the late 2022 nationwide movement. IntroductionIn the summer of 2021, in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in Iran’s presidential election, the south-western province of Khuzestan was gripped by a two-week uprising. Many Arabs believe that the government purposely neglects the province’s environmental woes to force them to abandon their lands. “With this one engineering mistake, we turned Khuzestan’s water salty”, acknowledged a senior government official. See also Atena Mirzaei et al., “The Groundwater‒Energy‒Food Nexus in Iran’s Agricultural Sector: Implications for Water Security”, Water, vol.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 21, 2023 14:44 UTC