The main reservoirs supplying the city are only around 11% full, according to officials speaking to Iran's media in late 2025. Satellite imagery tells an even grimmer story. Lar and Latyan shrank by ...
Rows of worshippers, some with their faces raised toward the sky, others with their heads bowed, prayed for rain at a mosque in Tehran earlier this month. Theirs is an increasingly desperate plea. The ...
Tehran's water crisis deepens as consumption soars Tehran’s water use has climbed to almost 3 billion liters per day, with evaporative coolers consuming about 300 million liters. Reservoirs are at 22% ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Fall marks the start of Iran’s rainy season, but large parts of the country have barely seen a drop as the nation faces one of its worst droughts in decades. Several key reservoirs ...