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The Looming Climate and Water Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
March 9th, 2026
Via Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a look at why addressing MENA’s water scarcity and improving water management will be immensely important for ensuring the region’s stability, sustainability, and well-being in the face of a changing climate: Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is naturally prone to being hot and dry, in […]
Read more »The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil
March 7th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, commentary on the role of water as a strategic commodity in the Middle East: The CIA considers drinking water a “strategic commodity” in the Middle East, where countries rely on desalination plants for water supply. The desalination plants are vulnerable to attacks, and their destruction could have severe consequences, such as forcing Riyadh […]
Read more »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.
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