{"id":1119,"date":"2025-07-31T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:44:47","slug":"iranian-president-says-country-is-on-brink-of-dire-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"Iranian president says country is on brink of dire water crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"caas-header\">\n<div class=\"caas-title-wrapper\">\n<h1 id=\"caas-lead-header-c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d5\" data-test-locator=\"headline\">Iranian president says country is on brink of dire water crisis<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"caas-content-byline-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-attr\">\n<div class=\"caas-attr-meta\">\n<div class=\"caas-attr-item-author\"><span class=\"caas-author-byline-collapse\" data-id=\"m-0\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-attr-time-style\"><time class=\"\" datetime=\"2025-07-31T10:51:54.000Z\">Thu, July 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM GMT+1<\/time><span class=\"caas-attr-meta-separator\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"caas-attr-mins-read\">2 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caas-content-contain-share\">\n<div class=\"caas-share-section \">\n<div class=\"caas-share-buttons\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp caas-button noborder caas-tooltip flickrComment caas-comment top\" title=\"Reactions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iranian-president-says-country-brink-105154531.html#\" data-uuid=\"c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d5\" data-ylk=\"t4:ctrl;elm:cmmt_open;elmt:cmnt;slk:comments;itc:1\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\"><span class=\"reactions-count dynamic-count-updated\" data-id=\"c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d5\" data-type=\"commentsCount\" data-source=\"spotIm\">2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"caas-consolidated-share-btn\" class=\"caas-consolidated-share-btn\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure caas-cover\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IjQ_NjEdOv1MhMZtd74d_g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE2MDA7aD0xMDQ4O2NmPXdlYnA-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/reuters.com\/0d3033583714813a630178d73ca63b3e\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Mg_w50nGUUEtJG6h5xpcXg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04MTQ7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/reuters.com\/0d3033583714813a630178d73ca63b3e\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Mg_w50nGUUEtJG6h5xpcXg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04MTQ7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/reuters.com\/0d3033583714813a630178d73ca63b3e\" \/><button class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\" data-rapid_p=\"9\"><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\" data-id=\"m-0\">FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a meeting in Ilam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"caas-body\">\n<p>DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran&#8217;s President Masoud Pezeshkian warned against excessive water consumption which he said was untenable for the country and could leave Tehran facing severe shortages by September, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with resource mismanagement and over-consumption, Iran has faced recurrent electricity, gas and water shortages during peak demand months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Tehran, if we cannot manage and people do not cooperate in controlling consumption, there won&#8217;t be any water in dams by September or October,&#8221; Pezeshkian said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The country has faced drought conditions for the last five years according to the director of the Environmental Protection Organisation Sheena Ansari and the Meteorological Organisation recorded a 40% drop in rainfall over the last four months compared to a long-term average.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-da \">\n<div id=\"sda-LREC1-c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d51753961983886\" class=\"caas-sda-benji-ad caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center-small wafer-destroyed\" data-wf-benji-page-context=\"{&quot;pageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iranian-president-says-country-brink-105154531.html&quot;,&quot;spaceid&quot;:&quot;1197800355&quot;,&quot;site&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;hashtag&quot;:&quot;waterresources;naturalresources;environment;natureandenvironment&quot;,&quot;lmsid&quot;:&quot;a0770000002GZ5iAAG&quot;,&quot;lpstaid&quot;:&quot;c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d5&quot;,&quot;pt&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;pd&quot;:&quot;modal&quot;,&quot;pct&quot;:&quot;story&quot;}\" data-wf-benji-wafer-config=\"{}\" data-wf-benji-config=\"{&quot;positions&quot;:{&quot;LREC1-c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d51753961983886&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;LREC1-c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d51753961983886&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;viewer&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;kvs&quot;:{&quot;loc&quot;:&quot;mid_center&quot;}}}}\" data-wf-trigger=\"onLoad\" data-wf-margin=\"100 0\" data-hide-ad-string=\"\">\n<div id=\"LREC1-c4ac52cb-6d5a-3e7b-9244-544c25aac9d51753961983886\" class=\"wafer-benji-success\" data-google-query-id=\"CPi1gM2B544DFUCPgwcd_YQQcQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Neglecting sustainable development has led to the fact that we are now facing numerous environmental problems like water stress,&#8221; Ansari told state media on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive water consumption represents a major challenge for water management in Iran, with the head of Tehran province&#8217;s water and wastewater company Mohsen Ardakani telling Mehr news agency that 70% of Tehran residents consume more than the standard 130 litres a day.<\/p>\n<p>Natural resource management has been a chronic challenge for authorities, whether it is natural gas consumption or water use, as solutions require major reforms, notably in the agricultural sector which represents as much as 80% of water consumption.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Pezeshkian rejected a government proposal to impose a day-off on Wednesdays or having a one-week holiday during the summer, saying that &#8220;closing down is a cover-up and not a solution to the water shortage problem&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 2021, protests took place against water shortages in southwestern Iran.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Dubai NewsroomEditing by Alexandra Hudson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian president says country is on brink of dire water crisis Reuters Thu, July 31, 2025 at 11:51<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}