Aras Water Transfer to East, West Azarbaijan Commences 

The executive operation of the project to transfer water from the Aras River to urban and industrial regions in northwest Iran has started on Wednesday.
The project started with pipe-laying in the village of Zal, located 20 kilometers from Iran’s border with Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, ILNA reported.
The project is mainly aimed at providing water to 1.75 million people living in Tabriz, capital city of East Azarbaijan Province and Iran’s sixth largest city, and towns and villages around it by 2026.