The undesirable living conditions in Iranian villages, including drought, have forced villagers to gradually abandon rural areas, and this has resulted in a sharp decrease in population of villages, an Iranian official said.
“The undesirable living conditions in villages lead to abandonment of rural areas,” said Mohammad Mousavi, the Director General of Rural Development Department at the Iranian Ministry of Agricultural Jihad.
According to a Farsi report by ISNA, he went on to say that based on 1956 census, 60% of Iranian population lived in villages that year; the number is reduced to 20%, though, in 2015.
“The drought has been a main cause for leaving the villages,” he added.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that a terrorist cell linked to Daesh…
Sajjad Salarvand is the first Iranian who, despite having a disability and two prosthetic legs,…
One more Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air raid in the Gaza Strip…
The president of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, has called on the US administration to show its…
Lily Meadow is one of the natural attractions of Khuzestan Province, southern Iran, and is…
Iran plans to launch six satellites and advance development of a human-capable space capsule in…