Iran is Drying Up Like NEVER Before

 Here is what we know for sure;  no matter how many Muslims gather at a mosque in Tehran to beg Allah for rain, it won’t make a difference because Allah is not God.

What we do wonder about is whether this a curse placed on Iran by God because of how they cursed Israel and lobbed thousands of missiles into her?  Of course we also know Iran has to stay around in the playing field of history to fulfill their role in Ezekiel 38.

But this water shortage sounds like it may even cause the evacuation of Tehran, where the rich, fancy and powerful live.

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Rows of worshippers, some with their faces raised toward the sky, others with their heads bowed, prayed for rain at a mosque in Tehran earlier this month. Theirs is an increasingly desperate plea. The city is grappling with a water crisis so severe the Iranian president has suggested people may need to evacuate. The weeks tick by, still the rains don’t arrive.

There are fears water may run out completely in this vast, bustling city, whose metropolitan area is home to around 15 million people.

In a speech earlier this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian said water will be rationed if it does not rain in Tehran by December. If the lack of rain continues, residents “have to evacuate,” he said. Many experts say evacuation is unfeasible, but Pezeshkian’s rhetoric reflects the seriousness of Iran’s situation.

Tehran is in the spotlight, but this is a crisis that goes well beyond the capital. Around 20 provinces haven’t seen a single drop of rain since the start of the rainy season at the end of September, said Mohsen B. Mesgaran, an associate professor of plant sciences at the University of California, Davis. Roughly 10% of the country’s dams have effectively run dry, according to Reuters.

He described the country as being in “water bankruptcy,” extracting from its rivers lakes and wetlands (akin to its checking account) and its underground aquifers (its savings account) at a much faster rate than they are replenished.

The government’s aim to achieve food self-sufficiency, partly in response to Western sanctions, is largely responsible for the situation, experts say. “For decades, policies have encouraged the expansion of irrigated agriculture in arid regions,” AghaKouchak said.

Irrigated farmland has doubled since 1979 and crops are thirsty, especially rice, an Iranian staple. The vast majority of Iran’s water, around 90%, goes to agriculture.

Lake Urmia, in northwestern Iran, is a clear casualty. Once one of the planet’s largest saltwater lakes, Urmia has shriveled over the past decades. Drought has played a role but the bigger driver is the dams and wells that have sprung up nearby to support farms, choking off supply to the lake. They have “pushed the system beyond its limits,” Mesgaran said.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/climate/iran-water-crisis-evacuate-tehran