Agonizing Farms and Displaced Families: Drought in Iran Affects Millions of People · Global Voices

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The 68-year-old matriarch, from Bukan, west of Iran, walks with help among the remains of apple trees and cherry trees that once fed her children and sustained her community. The loss of income has forced her family and locals to move to other parts of the country, especially the capital, Tehran, where about 10 million people live and where there is not enough water. Iran adds six years of drought and, now, with the threat to Tehran of a possibl…