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Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities: A Water Crisis Batters Iran
NY Times ^ | July 26, 2025 | By Farnaz Fassihi, Sanam Mahoozi and Leily Nikounazar

Posted on 07/28/2025 6:39:40 AM PDT by dennisw

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To: dennisw

The Mullahs and their families will have plenty of water...


21 posted on 08/01/2025 7:47:20 PM PDT by GOPJ (...taxpayers paid 18.75 million dollars per charging station..(under Biden) - Freeper SuperLuminal )
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To: dennisw; SunkenCiv

In ancient times the Iranians were geniuses at water management. They dug underground tunnels called qanats, that could carry water for miles without evaporation. And they built the air vents in ways that kept the water cold, too. Look how far they have fallen!


22 posted on 08/01/2025 8:04:28 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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Probably the lack of water had same natural causes then as now, but of course, now there’s a larger population. In his Alex the Great docu, Michael Wood visited and described the geographical boundary (”Alexander’s Wall”) between the Middle East and Asia, with the drinkable wells on the south and west, and the brackish wells on the Asian side. Took me some spot checkin’, but it’s near the end of episode 2. 😊


23 posted on 08/01/2025 8:27:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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The old Iranians were experts at bringing irrigation water out to grow varieties of melons and watermelons.


24 posted on 08/02/2025 2:39:33 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity)
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