Posted on 11/22/2025 2:50:36 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Water, and its absence, has become Iran’s national obsession. In the mosques of northern Tehran the imams have been praying for rain, while the meteorologists count down the hours until the weather is forecast to break and rain is finally due to fall from the sky.
Forecasts of “rain-producing clouds” are front-page news. More than 50 days have passed since the start of Iran’s rainy season and more than 20 provinces have not yet had a drop. The number of dams that have less than 5% of their reservoir capacity had increased from eight to 32, and the crisis has spread from the central plains right across the country.
On Sunday, despite some reports of localised rainfall, authorities attempted to take matters into their own hands, launching cloud seeding operations to try to induce rainfall. Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain.
In Tehran, only 1mm of rain has fallen this year, a once-in-a-century event (the capital’s average annual rainfall between 1991 and 2000 was 350mm). All this comes on top of five previous years of drought. The second half of November is normally the snow season in the capital.
Snow cover has decreased by 98.6% nationwide compared with the same point last year, and in Tehran the daily temperature has been a balmy 20C. The price of bottled water has escalated and limits are being placed on purchases.
All across Iran, in towns and villages, organised rain prayers have been taking place. Past miracles are recalled, such as the spring of 1944, when wartime Iran was suffering drought and the people of Qom went out into the fields and for three days prayed for rain under the mocking eyes of their British occupier.
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I really could care less.
A couple desalination plants on the Caspian Sea would provide more than enough water for the entire country.
The Guardian - a global joke run by deluded leftist children.
It does sound biblical.
“organised rain prayers have been taking place.”
would seem to suggest they think it’s a climate crisis.
If they thought a sign from God they would repent, see what they could do more in line with Him, not just beg but remain unchanged.
I’ll go with God. He laid it out in no uncertain terms in Genesis 12:3
Maybe they should have spent more money on desalination plants and less on their nuclear bomb program?
There is probably some superstition tied to water and the capitol’s loss of it to the Muslims, since water has special meaning in Islam.
“Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up”. Sometimes it won’t rain.
They are waiting for the Imam to come out of a well. Perhaps they should use the well water.
Something like some women have been seen walking around without a head covering, and as a result A-lah peanut butter sandwiches is punishing them.
Leviticus 26:2-5
2Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. 3If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; 4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Dont forget incompetence and corruption.
As allah wills it.
Interestingly, Israel is a world leader in sea water desalination.
;-)
“Israel is widely recognized as a world leader in water desalination, particularly in terms of technological innovation, efficiency, and per capita reliance on the process. While countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) dominate in total installed capacity due to their larger populations and arid environments, Israel’s advancements have positioned it as a global exporter of desalination expertise, turning a severe water scarcity crisis into a surplua”
Drink oil you filthy animals......
Beat me to it.
I wish nothing but the best for the Persian people....its not their fault that they have a fanatical corrupt govt.....Look at our govt......
Atmospheric spraying is used as warfare, here and overseas. The governments of the World use it to punish enemies and their own countrymen.
The Mossad can do anything.
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