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Iran: Millions Facing Water Shortages
April 24th, 2018
Via Radio Farda, an article on Iran’s drought: Iran is facing its harshest drought in the last 50 years, and nearly half the country’s population will soon face water shortages, according to the Energy Ministry. “334 cities with 35 million people across Iran are currently struggling with water stress,” said Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian April […]
Read more »Iran: Water Insecurity, Financial Corruption and the Mullahs’ Crumbling Legitimacy
April 12th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a close look at Iran’s water related tensions: From 28 December 2017 to 7 January 2018, protests broke out in a number of Iranian cities. The protests first started in Mashhad and were probably sparked by the theocratic regime’s total mismanagement of the economy, its political corruption and the country’s foreign […]
Read more »Why Drought Is A National Security Issue In Iran
March 21st, 2018
Via Al Monitor, an article on Iran’s water insecurity and its impact on national security: Iran is arid with low levels of annual precipitation and limited water resources that have been shrinking. Drought has gripped most parts of the country for at least a decade now, and precipitation has decreased drastically to its lowest level on record in 50 […]
Read more »Iran: Placing Restrictions On Farming Amid Drought
February 18th, 2018
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s decision to place restrictions on farming amid water shortages: Amid low precipitation and water shortage, the government is going to place restrictions on the cultivation of crops in areas of the country where underground water resources are at alarming levels as of the upcoming Iranian year (starting March […]
Read more »Climate Change and Water Scarcity: Long-Simmering Factors In Iran Unrest
February 14th, 2018
Via the Los Angeles Times, a look at the role that climate change and water scarcity have in Iran’s current unsettled times: In the mountains of western Iran, the province of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari is known for mile-high lagoons, flowing rivers and wetlands that attract thousands of species of migratory birds. But years of diminishing rainfall have […]
Read more »Iran Drought Here to Stay
February 14th, 2018
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on how the prospect of Iran’s drought recovery is bleak with precipitation continuing to decline for decades: Latest statistics by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center show that this year’s autumn (Sept. 23-Dec. 21) was the driest over the past 67 years, with precipitation levels declining by 53% […]
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