The Tragedy of Iran’s Great Salt Lake
by Azeen Ghorayshi
Jun 24, 2015
3 minutes
This classic Facts So Romantic post originally ran in August, 2014.
he last time my cousin Houman traveled to Lake Urmia was 11 years ago. He and four of his friends piled into his car and drove for roughly 12 hours, snaking west from the capital of Tehran. Iran is shaped like a teapot; its massive saltwater lake is nestled high in the tip of its spout and flanked by the mountains that run along the Turkish border to
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