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First rain of autumn falls in Iran’s capital, but the drought-ravaged nation needs far more
Tehran’s reservoirs are below 10% capacity after six years of drought, with agriculture consuming 80% of freshwater, exposing long-term mismanagement and climate change impacts.
- Officials say Tehran, Iran is facing a Day Zero moment in the near future, and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned rationing, evacuation, or moving the capital may be necessary if rain does not return.
- Iran is now in its sixth consecutive year of severe drought, with rainfall in Tehran's current water year near zero and water use rising from 15 million to 1.2 billion cubic metres, stressing aquifers.
- Satellite images and officials show reservoirs depleted to single digits, with Latyan Dam about 9 and Karaj dam 8, while autumn precipitation is about 5%.
- Protests have erupted across provinces, with residents chanting `We are thirsty`; shortages sparked protests from Khuzestan to Isfahan and caused hours-long outages in Tehran neighbourhoods.
- Officials now propose moving industries to coastal zones to use desalinated water, urging demand reduction, irrigation modernization, leakage reduction, and wastewater reuse alongside governance reform.
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First rain of autumn falls in Iran's capital, but the drought-ravaged nation needs far more
Rain has finally fallen in Iran's capital after months of drought. The country is experiencing its driest autumn in over 50 years.
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In Iran, in the desperate fight against drought, the authorities are increasingly resorting to a controversial method: Silver iodide and acetone are released into clouds. Hope is that it will rain more. In the capital Tehran, it was dry for several weeks.
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