Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens as President Warns Tehran May Need to Be Evacuated

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Ilam, Iran, June 12, 2025. Photo: Iran’s Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS Iran has endured an extreme drought in recent months, depleting the country’s reservoirs and leading President Masoud Pezeshkian to warn that the capital may even need to be evacuated. “If rationing doesn’t work, we may have to evacuate Tehran,” Pezeshkian said last week, adding that the Iranian