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Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.
January 21st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country: The anti?government protests sweeping across Iran, from major cities to rural towns, are fueled by anger over economic collapse and political repression. […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Crisis: A National Security Imperative
December 23rd, 2025
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at Iran’s water crisis: Iran is confronting an unprecedented water crisis. Rivers that have sustained settlements and agriculture for centuries are drying, while groundwater reserves are being extracted far beyond natural replenishment—over 70% of major aquifers are considered overdrawn. According to Isa?Bozorgzadeh, spokesperson for Iran’s water industry, many plains and reservoirs have reached […]
Read more »After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up
December 18th, 2025
Via Yale’s e360, commentary on how Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpumping that destroyed a centuries-old system for tapping underground reserves. More than international sanctions, more than its stifling theocracy, […]
Read more »Dry Iran Explores Buying Afghan Water
December 9th, 2025
As Iran faces a looming Day Zero scenario in its capital Tehran, where reservoirs are virtually empty, some officials are exploring options to purchase water from Afghanistan, as Radio Free Europe reports.
Read more »Water Crisis in Iran Puts Pressure on Leadership to Find a Viable Solution and Address “Water Mafia”
December 8th, 2025
Via The Soufan Center, commentary on how Iran’s water crisis is pressuring the country’s leadership and bringing more visibility to Iran’s “Water Mafia”: The water crisis in Iran has escalated into a profound political and security problem with supply levels running alarmingly low. This acute emergency is the culmination of decades of flawed policy, overly […]
Read more »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. […]
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