Hashem Shakeri Gallery
Hashem Shakeri01Rige Mouri village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province was once home to more than 500 families. Now only 17 remain. The region is buried in sand and dust each summer, making life almost unbearable.
Hashem Shakeri02Reeds catch fire in the intense sunlight of the Hamoun wetlands.
Hashem Shakeri03Hossein, 13, lives in Beris, Chaabahar, which lacks clean drinking water.
Hashem Shakeri04Women draw water from a Houtag—a rainwater collection pit that animals also drink from—in Choutani village, Dashtyari.
Hashem Shakeri05Nabi Sarani, 63, farms and owns livestock. He has lost many sheep this year from the drought.
Hashem Shakeri06Mohammad, 42, looks out from an abandoned mosque in the village Takht Shah. He covers his face with a shawl to protect against the 120-day winds.
Hashem Shakeri07Palm trees dry up in Pelgi village, Edimi, Sistan and Baluchestan.
Hashem Shakeri08Gholam, 45, owns two camels in Dashtyari, Chaabahar, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The drought has caused camels to grow thin and diseased.
Hashem Shakeri09Teenagers caught these fish in Zahak dam, where urban sewage now flows instead of clean water.
Hashem Shakeri10Teenage girls walk in Jalayee Kalak, Nik Shahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Many women design and sew their own clothes.
Hashem Shakeri11A family removes soil from the dried-up riverbed beneath Nohrab Bridge in ZAbol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province for their garden.
Hashem Shakeri12Sand fills these pipes instead of water in Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
Hashem Shakeri13A well dug by shepherds in Sistan and Baluchestan Province to feed their livestock.
Hashem Shakeri14Ibrahim Daresh from Doust Muhammad village brings his sheep to graze on the dried ground of the Hamoun wetlands. He has lost many goats and sheep to the drought.
Hashem Shakeri15An old map of Hamoun Lake between Afghanistan and Iran from when Iran’s section still had water.
