Iraq – Minister of Water Resources: Iran caused a decrease in the waters of Iraq’s rivers, and there is a positive development with Turkey

The Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, accused, during a press conference, Iran of cutting the tributaries feeding the Iraqi rivers located in the eastern and northeastern fronts, and Al-Hamdani affirmed that Iran had seized the sources of the source in its territory without passing through Iraq. What caused a significant decrease in the level of rivers in Iraq, which negatively affected the rates of feeding and storing the water of the Darbandikhan Dam and the reduction of the Tigris River by fifty percent. At the same time, Al-Hamdani praised Turkey for its commitment to the bilateral agreements between the two countries, especially the water shares Determined direction to Iraq over the past years after the Turkish parliament voted in this regard..