Environment official says Iran looking for more international cooperation
US opposition to lending to Iran by multinational organizations has undercut Tehran's ability to face growing environmental challenges, the deputy head of Iran's Department of Environment says.
![AFP_EY4KO A picture taken on August 14, 2016 in a abandoned village near the southern Iranian city of Sirjan shows dead pistachio trees at a field that farmers left behind due to the lack of water.
The pistachio trees at the village in southern Iran are long dead, bleached white by the sun -- the underground water reserves sucked dry by decades of over-farming and waste. The last farmers left with their families 10 years ago, and the village has the look of an abandoned Martian colony. / AFP / ATTA KENARE / TO GO WIT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-598993936.jpg/GettyImages-598993936.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=zAl8C8mC)
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