08 November 2025, 06:00

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Iran: Risk of running out of water for ten million people in Tehran if it doesn't rain

Iran: Risk of running out of water for ten million people in Tehran if it doesn't rain

Ten million people may have to leave Tehran if it doesn't rain by the end of the year, Iran's President Massoud Pezheskian warned in a televised address on the country's water crisis.

It is the worst drought in decades, with the Iranian capital facing a phenomenon not seen in a century.

However, Pezeskian did not specify how a city of ten million can be evacuated.

The director of the capital's water company said last Sunday that the city would run out of drinking water within two weeks.

Source: Radio RIK, APE

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