Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy
- Written by Ali Mirchi, Associate Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Iranians pray for rain in Tehran on Nov. 14, 2025. The city is experiencing its worst drought in decades.Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty ImagesFall 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 are nearly dry,...


