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Mohammadi claimed that the protests were illegal, and the fact that 20 of the arrested protesters were not from Hamedan city indicated that they were present \u201cto incite terror.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeople in Hamedan province have been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/iran-hamedan-protests-water-shortages\/32004522.html\u0022\u003Eexperiencing such accute difficulties\u003C\/a\u003E over several weeks accessing water, with long hours of plumbing shutoffs, that authorities have set up tanks on streets to help mitigate the shortages. The protests, which began in late August in front of the governor\u2019s office, were led by citizens demonstrating against the severe shortages in drinking water supplies and the officials\u2019 failure to address the crisis. On August 24, a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Chpx4dTNRGy\/?utm_source=ig_embed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=loading\u0022\u003Evideo was circulated\u003C\/a\u003E of a woman being beaten by security forces at one of the protests.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Hamedan governor claimed that a resolution will come in the next two weeks. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2022\/hranews\/a-36974\/\u0022\u003EAccording to the Human Rights Group News Agency (HRANA\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Ca id=\u0022_Hlt113625575\u0022 name=\u0022_Hlt113625575\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022_Hlt113625574\u0022 name=\u0022_Hlt113625574\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, water from the Talwar Dam is supposed to be transferred to help with the immediate response. However, the Hamedan Province Lawyers Association reportedly wrote a recent letter to the prosecutor\u2019s office outlining concerns about the high levels of arsenic in the Talwar Dam water.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past year, there has been a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.en-hrana.org\/hranas-daily-review-of-protests-in-iran-40\/\u0022\u003Espate of water protests\u003C\/a\u003E across the country against increasing droughts and the government\u2019s mismanagement of water resources, to which the authorities have responded with arrests and violence. In July, in a protest against the lack of action to protect Lake Urmia, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/iran-protest-lake-urmia-drying\/31947270.html\u0022\u003Epolice arrested\u003C\/a\u003E protestors for \u201cdestroying public property\u201d and \u201cdisturbing the security of the population.\u201d Last year, it was reported that Iranian authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/07\/22\/iran-deadly-response-water-protests\u0022\u003Eused excessive force\u003C\/a\u003E in quashing water protests in Khuzestan province, which has led to the death of three protestors.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EClimate change is expected to exacerbate access to water in Iran. Authorities must move quickly to address the issue and protect their citizens\u2019 right to water, instead of employing violence and arresting citizens.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UN special rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation\u00a0stated in a 2014\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/HRBodies\/HRC\/RegularSessions\/Session27\/Documents\/A_HRC_27_55_ENG.doc\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0that violations of the right to water may result from action or may be the result of the unintended consequences of policies, programs and other measures as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__382817__en","data":"","settings":null}]