URMIYE, East Kurdistan, — People in Urmiye have been demonstrating for the last two days out of concern for the Lake drying out. Iranian security forces clashed with demonstrators and arrested dozens, local sources said.
According to news from Eastern Kurdistan, the demonstration was the manifestation of antagonism between the two nation of Kurds and Azari Turks both claiming to safeguard the Lake.
Mesud Kurdpur a Kurdish journalist said to Rudaw News that this isn’t a first time people demonstrate to protect the lake, last year people demonstrated few times. He believed these demonstrations are only excuses to protest against the Iranian government.