Led by Ministry of Energy and Water Resources director general Shaul Tzemach, the Tzemach Committee announced that they would now allocate about 84 percent of available natural gas for export use, with the assurance that additional reserves be found that would ensure domestic demand is first met.

FORBES: EU Sets Sites on Eastern Med Gas Plans

The interim Secretariat of the International Drought Initiative (IDI), the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management - RCUWM (under the auspices of UNESCO), supported by the Iranian Ministry of Energy and the Iranian IHP National Committee in collaboration with a number of UN agencies, international and regional organizations and key national agencies, are organizing the Second International Drought Initiative Meeting in Tehran, Iran.

UNESCO: Second International Drought Initiative (IDI) Meeting