{"id":24202,"date":"2018-01-20T02:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/society\/24202-iran-s-water-crisis-is-regime-s-doing"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T03:33:51","slug":"iran-s-water-crisis-is-regime-s-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-s-water-crisis-is-regime-s-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Water Crisis Is Regime\u2019s Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50523\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500.jpg\" alt=\"n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/n2902831-4440493-1-e1502867628308-759x500-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NCRI Staff<\/p>\n<p>NCRI &#8211;\u00a0Water is one of the most basic human needs, so it is no surprise that water crises can lead to unrest and uprisings across the world.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a panel of retired US military officials warned that water stress- defined as a shortage of fresh water- would be \u201ca growing factor in the world\u2019s hot spots and conflict areas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"0-453\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/0-453.jpg\" alt=\"0-453\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0-453.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0-453-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0-453-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0-453-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is especially true in Iran, a country where the water crisis has been a long time in the making and could well have been prevented, if not for the Regime\u2019s corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Located in one of the driest regions on earth, Iran is currently facing a crippling drought that has lasted for 14 years. It has dried up lakes, ruined arable farmland, and destroyed livelihoods in rural areas, which meant that millions moved to the cities in search of work that never emerged. Now millions in Iran are unemployed and there\u2019s not enough food to go around.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, climate change is predicted to make Iran hotter and drier in the years to come. Even according to Regime figures (which are notoriously altered to make the Regime look better), it is expected that Iran will see a 25% decline in surface water runoff- rainfall and snowmelt- by 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"139312160946048724873644\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/139312160946048724873644.jpg\" alt=\"139312160946048724873644\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/139312160946048724873644.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/139312160946048724873644-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/139312160946048724873644-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/139312160946048724873644-696x485.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, former Iranian agriculture minister, Issa Kalantari, even said that if left unchecked water scarcity would cause 50 million Iranians (out of an 80 million population) to leave Iran altogether.<\/p>\n<p>But the Regime could have fixed this, if they hadn\u2019t plundered Iran\u2019s wealth into foreign wars designed to prop up dictators (Syria), the support of terrorism (Hezbollah, Hamas), suppressing the people of Iran, or to line their own pockets.<\/p>\n<p>Back in July 2017, Iran Focus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranfocus.com\/en\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=31749:water-crisis-in-iran-at-critical-level&amp;catid=30&amp;Itemid=122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on the news that the water crises was supposedly being treated as a national security issue by the Iranian Regime, but clearly it was much less of an issue than working with the North Koreans on ballistic missiles or supplying arms to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the National Council of Resistance of Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/23139-iran-s-water-conditions-in-ultra-critical-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>: \u201c[The] Regime is in crisis in all areas. The environment, for instance, has turned into a huge crisis due to regime\u2019s destructive policies. Excessively digging deep wells and using groundwater resources besides regime\u2019s failure to set up water distribution networks have caused citizens to suffer severe water scarcity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The water crisis is not the only reason for the current protests that have spread across Iran, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/g00\/world\/article\/Warming-water-crisis-unrest-Iran-fits-an-12508442.php?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zZmdhdGUuY29tL2cwMC93b3JsZC9hcnRpY2xlL1dhcm1pbmctd2F0ZXItY3Jpc2lzLXVucmVzdC1JcmFuLWZpdHMtYW4tMTI1MDg0NDIucGhwP2kxMGMuZW5jUmVmZXJyZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to David Michel, an analyst at the Stimson Center, it represents the Regime\u2019s failure to deliver basic services to its people.<br \/>The Iranian Regime is ill-equipped to fight climate change because it is more concerned with its own well-being than that of its people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"16142097_303\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/16142097_303.jpg\" alt=\"16142097_303\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16142097_303.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16142097_303-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16142097_303-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/16142097_303-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI Staff NCRI &ndash;&nbsp;Water is one of the most basic human needs, so it is no surprise that water crises can lead to unrest and uprisings across the world. 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