Confirmed: Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

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President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly told officials last week that the capital of Iran would have to move from Tehran.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143569765

... no longer reportedly

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.

Pezeshkian said the pressure on water, land and infrastructure had left the government with “no option” but to act. “When we said we must move the capital, we did not even have enough budget. If we had, maybe it would have been done. The reality is that we no longer have a choice; it is an obligation,” he said in a speech in Qazvin.

He said Tehran now faces “catastrophe” as land in parts of the capital sinks by up to 30 centimeters a year and water supplies shrink. “When we say the land subsides 30 centimeters each day, this means disaster,” he said. He warned that mismanagement, construction in upstream areas and cuts to downstream water flows risk irreversible damage.

Pezeshkian said officials across government must work together or “a dark future” awaits. “Protecting the environment is not a joke,” he said. “Ignoring it means signing our own destruction.”

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202511209098

[hunter]

1. That's sure to inspire confidence in the government.

Remember the cruise ship Oceanos, where some of the crew abandoned ship leaving passengers stranded?



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTS_Oceanos

It's like that.