One of the poorest areas in Iran lives with camels in the desert and lives on leaves and cloth.

The increasingly severe climate change is the most serious in the Middle East countries, especially Iran.

Hamun-e Jaz Murian (Jazmurian depression) is a wetland located in the southeast of Iran, spanning Kerman, Sistan and Baluchistan provinces. This area was once one of the most important water resources because of its rich groundwater and seasonal lakes in the center.

In recent years, due to global warming, over-exploitation of groundwater, construction of upstream dams and drought caused by government overgrazing, Jazmurian depression has become a waterless desert and wasteland.

With the continuous drying up of depressions, frequent sandstorms have led to the complete elimination of native vegetation in this area, and livestock cannot survive in this condition, making it increasingly difficult for local people to survive.

There is no gas pipeline in the village. Therefore, cooking and heating are provided by dead branches collected from the desert, which is the daily work of women and children. A girl is collecting firewood.

Photographer Sajedeh Zarei came to the local Solan village and filmed the daily life of the local Jats people for a month and a half. These jats used to graze on the edge of Jazmurian depression. But with the desertification of the land, their life became more and more difficult, so they decided to move from there to the nearby village of Solan.

In Solan village, they can enjoy some modern technologies, such as electricity, sanitation, education, communication and medical care. However, some tribal families still choose to live with camels in the desert.

A tent at dawn. These tents, called davar, are made of date leaves, old pieces of cloth and cushions. They are very simple. Except for several brick houses aided by the government, most of the houses in this area are davar. Dauar is not windproof, dustproof, rainproof and cold-proof, reminding people that it is one of the poorest areas in Iran.

Nasibe and Mehdi are at school at present. Fatemeh is helping Nasibeh prepare for school. They came to the village from the desert last year, and a charity education institution helped them get the qualification to go to school, so seven children of different ages went to school together. Apart from simple schools, there is a clear lack of educational and recreational facilities in this area. However, Naxibei's father Man Dauster said, "Our life in the desert is very bad. The situation in our village is much better now. There are schools and electricity here. I am glad that children can study, so that they will not become illiterate and poor like me. " However, Amir Hossein, Mundus' eldest son, still lives in the desert with camels. Poor living conditions, long-term poverty and illiteracy in the desert enable them to be satisfied with a little change.

Omid (9 months old) is in the arms of her mother Lila. They live in a simple house. Because the mother is malnourished, children often cry because they can't eat milk. Local villagers often bake some bread for their mother and son. Bread is the most important and cheapest food in this area.

Zivar, Havva and Yasaman are taking a bath in the pond of a village farm after feeding the calf. Camels don't have enough milk to feed calves, so they take calves near the village. A calf and two bags of flour are their father's annual salary for raising 250 camels for others in the desert. The place where calves are raised is far from home, and these girls have to walk across the desert for half an hour every time.

The children are playing with kites for them. They have no toys and no entertainment facilities nearby. Children can only play with anything they can find. An empty bottle and a piece of wood can make them play for a day.

Mother Lila is giving Omid (nine months old) a bath. Because there is no hot water and a suitable bathroom at home, you can only wash it in a metal basin.

The young people are watching the football match. There are no recreational facilities in the village. One of young people's favorite games is playing football. Because of the high poverty rate, most people don't have TV. This is why playing football on the beach is the favorite hobby of young people in the village.

Mother and son are collecting camels coming back from the desert at night. The drought in Jazmurian depression led to the increase of sandstorms, which reduced the camel's fertility and directly affected the local people's lives. Every day, dusty weather threatens people's lives and health in this area.

Laila is removing lice from her daughter Sarah's hair. There is no health center in the village, so you have to go to another village 20 kilometers away if you want to see a doctor.

Zivar (right) is resting after picking some fresh alfalfa for the calf. They took the calf near the village. They have no land in the local area. The villagers lent it to them temporarily.

Assaman (left) and Mehdi (right) are having breakfast. Their breakfast includes bread and tea. There is no gas pipeline in the village, so cooking and heating depend on firewood collected from the desert. Smoke from burning firewood filled the whole room.

Emad Behzadi (left) and Zeinab Pursivash (right) got married four years ago. Hardy (3 years old) and Mehdi (1 year old) are their children. Marriage of underage girls is very common in the local area. Most women are illiterate and live on a monthly subsidy of about 45,000 tomans (equivalent to 4 dollars). Hamid (18 years old), a village woman who got married last year, said, "If you are over 20 years old and not married, they will call you an old maid." She added, "What can I do besides having more children? We are illiterate, have no special skills, and are not allowed to leave the village without the permission of men. "

Khodarahm(3 years old) and his grandmother's Molouk. Khodarahm means God's blessing. His family gave him this name because his parents wanted a boy after they gave birth to five daughters. When Khodarahm was only five months old, her mother was pregnant again. I can only give it to my grandmother to take care of. Moruk said, "My only hobby is playing Khodarahm, smoking and drinking tea".

This is a mourning day for a six-year-old boy. When he was playing outside, the air purifier loosened and hit his head. The women are mourning.

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