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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 »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 »Iran’s Rain Clouds Aren’t Being Stolen: But Its Drought Is Worsening
November 9th, 2025
Via Forbes, a report on Iran’s drought: Rivers are drying up across Iran, snow has vanished from mountaintops, and rainfall has hit record lows. The reservoirs supplying Tehran are now at less than 5% capacity, with officials warning the capital could run out of water in less than two weeks. As the country of more than 80 million […]
Read more »Drinking Water In Tehran Could Run Dry In Two Weeks
November 5th, 2025
Via Al Jazeera, a report on Tehran’s increasingly urgent water crisis: The main source of drinking water for residents of the Iranian capital Tehran is at risk of running dry within two weeks, according to state media, due to a historic drought plaguing the country. The Amir Kabir Dam, one of five that provide drinking […]
Read more »Iran Must Move Capital from Tehran, Says President As Water Crisis Worsens
October 6th, 2025
Via The Guardian, a report that Iran is considering to move its capital from Tehran, says as water crisis worsens, and where subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s water: Iran’s president has claimed Iran has no choice but to move its capital from Tehran to the south of […]
Read more »The ‘Water Mafia’ Is Real—and It’s Draining Iran Dry
July 27th, 2025
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on Iran’s water crisis: U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a rare and pointed critique of the Iranian regime’s environmental corruption during a speech in Saudi Arabia on May 13. It was rare not only because this issue is often ignored, but because Trump himself is hardly known as an environmental […]
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