Local weather disaster or a warning from God? Iranians determined for solutions as water dries up | Iran

Water, and its absence, has change into Iran’s nationwide obsession. Within the mosques of northern Tehran the imams have been praying for rain, whereas the meteorologists rely down the hours till the climate is forecast to interrupt and rain is lastly attributable to fall from the sky.

Forecasts of “rain-producing clouds” are front-page information. Greater than 50 days have handed because the begin of Iran’s wet season and greater than 20 provinces haven’t but had a drop. The variety of dams which have less than 5% of their reservoir capacity had elevated from eight to 32, and the disaster has unfold from the central plains proper throughout the nation.