Iran’s Territorial Water Depletion Cause for Concern

Declining Caspian Sea levels (1.5 meters since 1995) has exacerbated loss of territorial waters in Iran, the operator of an international plan to monitor variations in the Caspian Sea water level said.
“Satellite-based studies (since 2005) have shown that level of Iran’s territorial waters is less than the global average and is reducing gradually,” Homayoun Khoshravan was quoted as saying by IRNA.
A country's territorial waters are the parts of the sea close to its coast which are recognized by international agreement to be under its control.
In addition to irreparable ecological harm, the reducing water levels in the Caspian Sea have led to the shrinkage of territorial waters, he said.
In some regions around the Caspian Sea, coastline has reduced between 60 meters and 200 meters, meaning territorial waters are depleting gradually, Khoshravan said.