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In Drought-Stricken Iran, Nature Is Doing What Sanctions And Airstrikes Could Not
November 17th, 2025
Via Forbes, commentary on Iran’s drought: “May God protect this country from the enemy, from drought, from lies.” The ancient prayer of the Persian King Darius the Great, carved into stone more than two thousand years ago, captures three existential threats that have forever concerned Iranians: foreign aggression, water scarcity, and the erosion of truth. […]
Read more »Tehran’s Residents Are Panicking as Taps Run Dry
November 13th, 2025
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how years of drought and neglect have left Tehran nearly unsustainable: In recent days, prolonged water cuts across Tehran have created widespread panic among the Iranian capital’s 10 million residents. Last week, after years of drought and reduced rainfall and snowfall, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that Tehran’s residents would have […]
Read more »Texas’s Water Wars
November 13th, 2025
Via the New Yorker, a look at how – as industrial operations move to the state – residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies: In 2019, Corpus Christi, Texas’s eighth-largest city, moved forward with plans to build a desalination plant. The facility, which was expected to be completed by 2023, at […]
Read more »Pacific Institute Analysis Finds Surge in Reported Water-Related Violence
November 13th, 2025
Via Pacific Institute, new analysis showing a sharp increase in incidents where water is a trigger, weapon, or casualty of violence: Violence over water resources reached record levels, continuing a trajectory of steep growth in such incidents over the past quarter century, and especially in the last several years, according to a new assessment from […]
Read more »Iran’s Central Plateau Could Be Depopulated Over Water Crisis
November 12th, 2025
Via Iran International, a report on how Iran’s central plateau could be depopulated over the nation’s deepening water crisis: A senior Iranian water expert warned on Sunday that the country’s central plateau could be emptied of inhabitants if authorities fail to address the worsening water crisis, as officials in Tehran admit that rationing in the […]
Read more »Preventing Water-Related Conflict to Promote US National Security and Build Global Stability
November 10th, 2025
Via Council on Strategic Risks, a report on water-related conflict through the lens of U.S. national security and global stability: Executive Summary Increasing global water stress poses a threat to both human and national security, making it essential to address these challenges to protect US national security and promote global stability. Primary Observations: The world […]
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