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Daniel Babayani

Recent droughts and reckless dam construction in Iran and Russia have led to the drying up of valuable wetlands such as Gomishan and a decrease in water levels, unprecedented retreat of the sea from the Turkmen port and a change in the region’s ecosystem. This is happening while according to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, economic activities that cause environmental pollution or irreparable damage are prohibited.

At the same time, fishing is one of the main occupations of the Turkmen people living on the eastern coasts of the Caspian Sea. This is because the people of this region are deprived of government support for employment and creating job opportunities, and the government, instead of using local elites to manage the province and fisheries, employs non-native individuals, which inevitably leads to ethnic and religious conflicts in the region. This has also caused the migration of local elites to other cities or provinces for false job opportunities.

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The encounter between environmentalists and fishermen is very rough, to the point where we sometimes see environmentalists aggressively ramming their motorboats into the fishermen’s boats. This issue has even caused strong reactions from representatives of Kordkuy and Bandar Turkmen in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

According to ISNA, in December of this year, Dr. Ramin Noroughalipour protested against excessive freedom and abuse of power by environmental guards in a public session of the parliament and said, “Recently, we have seen some environmental guards under the management of the Environmental Protection Organization of Golestan Province – who are responsible for guarding the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea – behaving inhumanely towards fishermen.”

In this regard, one of the fishermen in Bandar Turkmen named Mohammad Gholich.A, in an interview with the Khat-e-Solh magazine, said: “When we go to the sea secretly at midnight, if we are identified by the authorities, they show no mercy and shoot at us without warning, so that we can be an example for others and not engage in illegal fishing.”

Mohammad Ghulich.A continues: “At one time, the sturgeon fish was considered haram in the Shia religion and only the Turkmen people consumed caviar. However, it wasn’t long before the topic of trading these fish arose and according to a new fatwa by Shia scholars, it was declared halal. As a result, all of these fish became a government monopoly and unfortunately, the government did not consider giving a share to the Turkmen people for their exports, aside from the annual allocations for the counties.”

Presentation of the plan to the parliament.

The spokesperson of the Naja (Iranian police) announced in their press conference on Monday, February 24th of this year, the establishment of a temporary border market to organize the situation of kolbars (border porters) so that they can operate under supervised and controlled conditions. This decision was made following the deaths of numerous kolbars, which has drawn public attention and protests against their dangerous living and working conditions.

Turkmen representatives should also help the government in organizing fishermen by collecting signatures and presenting a plan to the parliament’s leadership to preserve the health of marine life and untangle the knot of this traditional profession.

Last word.

On the southern coasts, news of fishermen being killed by government officials is heard. The illegal fishing does not justify this massacre; because the fishermen are fishing for a living, not for profit-driven fishing.

Recently, the news of the death of five kolbars in the cold caused a strong reaction among social media users in Iran. In coastal areas of Iran, fishermen, like kolbars, are killed, injured, and imprisoned for their livelihood, but unfortunately, the issue of fishermen has received less attention from human rights activists compared to the situation of border kolbars.

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