Iran on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe: Tehran faces possible evacuation
Iran is suffering from the worst drought in a century, and in the capital — home to 10 million people — authorities have begun regular nightly water shutoffs.
The near-total absence of rainfall this spring and summer has led to a catastrophic drop in reservoir levels. President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that if no rain falls by the end of the year, the government will have to evacuate Tehran.
The city’s main source of drinking water, the Amir Kabir reservoir, is almost dry — holding just 8% of its capacity, enough for less than two weeks.
Meteorologists describe the situation as unprecedented in the past hundred years.