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300 mcm of water released into Iran from Helmand River
Firouz Qasemzadeh, a spokesman for Iran’s Water Industry, said at a news conference on Monday that 300 million cubic meters of water had flown into Iran during the last water year (from September 23, 2023 until September 21, 2024), IRNA reported.
He said that abundant rainfall in March and April this year in Afghanistan and the region was one of the reasons behind the amount of the release into Iran.
As a result, concerns over the shortage of water in southeastern Iran were partly alleviated, the official went on to say, adding that important projects are still underway to reduce the southeastern region’s dependence on water from Hirmand River.