Environment chiefs from neighboring states to meet on dust storms: Raisi

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran announced on Monday that chiefs of environment organizations from neighboring countries will meet to
ministers of 12 countries that are most affected by sand and dust storms in the region.Experts say Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia are the main
sources of dust storms
They also blamed buildings of many dams by Turkey on the routes of the Euphrates and Tigris, which flow into Syria and Iraq, for the dust
crisis.Reportedly, on Monday about 140 Iranian citizens from the southwestern province of Khuzestan were admitted to hospital due to dust
storms.Dust storms has become more recurrent in the current year.Experts have also blamed mismanagement of water and repeated droughts for
SDSs.