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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Slams Turkey's Upstream Dam-building Activity

Iran has faced frequent droughts in recent years, caused in part by climate change, as well as dam-building in neighboring countries. (AP)

Iran on Tuesday described as "unacceptable" upstream dam-building by neighboring Turkey on shared waterways, calling on its neighbor to cease such activity.

"Turkey's construction of dams on the border waters is unacceptable and we oppose it," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.

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