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Anzali Lagoon (تالاب انزلی)
Anzali Lagoon (Mordāb-e Anzalī, تالاب انزلی) is a Caspian coastal freshwater lagoon in Gilan, Iran, a 1975 Ramsar site on the Montreux Record, shrinking from ~258 km2 (1930) toward projected seasonal desiccation by 2058.
Gavkhouni (گاوخونی)
Gavkhouni (گاوخونی), also Gavkhuni or Gavkhooni, is a shallow saline Ramsar wetland (476 km2, designated 1975) east of Isfahan, Iran, terminal to the Zayandeh-Rud River, now almost completely dry from over-abstraction and drought.
Govater Bay and Hur-e-Bahu
Govater Bay and Hur-e-Bahu is a 75,000-hectare Ramsar wetland in southeast Iran on the Gulf of Oman coast, designated in 1999, home to marsh crocodiles and Dalmatian pelicans.
Neiriz Lakes & Kamjan Marshes
Neiriz Lakes & Kamjan Marshes (Neyriz Lakes and Kamjan Marshes), Ramsar site no. 39 in Fars, Iran, designated 1975: saline Lakes Bakhtegan and Tashk plus freshwater Kamjan Marshes, 108,000 ha, on the Montreux Record since 1990 and shrinking from drainage, dams, and drought.
Qeshm Island
Qeshm Island (Jazira-ye Qeshm), the largest island in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran; about 122 km long, home to the Hara mangroves, Qeshm UNESCO Global Geopark, and a free zone; struck by desalination-plant attacks and oil pollution in the 2026 Gulf war.
Shadegan Ponds (تالاب شادگان)
Shadegan Ponds (تالاب شادگان), or Shadegan Wetland, is Iran's largest Ramsar site (400,000 ha, Khuzestan, designated 1975), a Jarahi delta marsh and tidal mudflat complex vital for Marbled Teal, now severely shrunk by dams, pollution, and drainage.