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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:42 PM Aug 2025

Why Iran Is Running Out of Water - CaspianReport



All across Iran, lakes are vanishing, aquifers are drying up, and rivers are turning to sludge. Put simply: the country is running out of water. Water supplies are diverted to water-intensive agriculture and industrial production with little regard to where the water comes from and will it be there in the future.
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Why Iran Is Running Out of Water - CaspianReport (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2025 OP
thousands of yrs ago they had remarkable irrigation systems. but way fewer people nt msongs Aug 2025 #1
Israel too is losing water. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #2

no_hypocrisy

(55,386 posts)
2. Israel too is losing water.
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 04:15 AM
Aug 2025

That's why the country is intent on desalinization of bodies of water, perhaps why it has the need to occupy neighboring lands.

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