Trucks carrying tanks of water ply between villages in Iraqi Kurdistan, and there are protests in southern Iraq over Iran’s cutting water supplies. All these represent just a few of the smoldering flames that threaten to ignite conflict between Iraq, Iran and Turkey. Stopping the supply of water to the Basra district in southern Iraq sparked major protests that threatened the stability of the government. Building dams threatens the quantity of water Iran will get and harms the environment.” Abdollahian went so far as to claim that the dams would undermine Iran’s national security. Turkey never signed the agreement; all understandings about division of water between it and its neighbors are based on voluntary agreements.

Source: Ethiopian News May 21, 2022 02:40 UTC