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Iranian capital faces water rationing and evacuations if it doesn’t rain soon, president warns
Tehran's Amir Kabir Dam holds just 8% capacity, enough for two weeks of water supply amid drought, risking severe rationing and urban water crisis, officials warned.
- On Nov 07, 2025, Behzad Parsa said the Amir Kabir Dam holds 14,000,000 cubic metres, just 8% of capacity, and can supply Tehran with water for two weeks.
- Energy Minister Abbas Ali Abadi said on November 3, `We are now entering our sixth year of drought`, with officials reporting a 100 percent drop in precipitation and rainfall roughly 40 percent below seasonal averages this year.
- Tehran authorities have cut supplies to several neighbourhoods and declared holidays to save water and energy, with Latyan Dam only about 9% full, deepening supply strain.
- Authorities signalled potential evacuations and rationing as President Masoud Pezeshkian warned supplies may be restricted next month and continued drought could force evacuation if reservoirs keep falling.
- Longer-Term risks include agriculture consuming about 80% of freshwater, a 62-kilometre replacement line costing roughly $700b, and the National Land Subsidence Control Bill drafted with more than 70 university professors.
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If it doesn't rain, we will have to start rationing water in Tehran, around late November or early December, the country's president said - Iran is facing its worst drought in decades this year
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Iranian capital faces water rationing and evacuations if it doesn't rain soon, president warns
Iran’s capital is facing an unprecedented water and energy crisis as reservoirs supplying the city plunge to historic lows, threatening supplies of drinking water and electricity generation.
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