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Tehran On The Brink: Can Iran Survive Its Water Crisis?
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Tehran has hardly any water left. Now the Iranian President is thinking about moving the capital to more water-rich regions.
"The situation is serious": Iran's president publicly thinks about a relocation of the capital city of Tehran – because it runs out of water. Authorities and production capacities are already affected by scarcity.
The water crisis has affected many parts of Iran. "Teheran no longer has water," says Peseshkian. He blames years of drought and wrong environmental policy.
The Iranian president has warned that there is no more water in the capital, and does not rule out the possibility of evacuating Tehran's residents, some 15 million people, to other cities. The water crisis threatens 80% of the country's reservoirs
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