Resource January 19, 2017

Meet the Journalist: Ako Salemi

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A look at how climate change impacts Iran.

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Lake Urmia in the Sharafkhaneh Port. Image by Ako Salemi. Iran, 2016.
Lake Urmia in the Sharafkhaneh Port. Image by Ako Salemi. Iran, 2016.

In this video, Ako Salemi discusses reporting on the impact of climate change on people's lives in Iran. Salemi, a photojournalist, traveled to many regions in Iran to document the crisis, paying particular attention to Lake Urmia, which has shrunk by more than 90 percent since the 1970s.

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