It was not reservoirs but lack of rain that led to their problems. Now if only you had reduced your emissions they would not have this problem. I’m glad you care for them so much

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energy123 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is quite a distortion of the facts to push an agenda.

Desalination technology can solve their problems completely, but they armed proxies that attacked the two countries in the region (Saudi Arabia and Israel) that can help them.

They also imprisoned the one qualified guy in their country who blew the whistle on their water mismanagement (e.g. farming water intensive crops in a desert), Dr. Madani.

You could read the Wikipedia page to learn the other man-made reasons behind this crisis. That's preferable than coming here to play defense for a corrupt theocracy. Not that I doubt that climate change is one of the causes.

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nashashmi 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Neither a distortion of facts nor is there an agenda. Maybe a counter agenda.

Tehran is far from the ocean for desalination. They are closer to Caspian Sea. But that comes crossing mountains.

Tehran itself is very dry.

And comparing spending on military exercises to infrastructure tells me you have a political agenda to support the dismantling of Iran. These are not friendly motives.

Iran has tried to make agreements with the western world for a long time. But the west has snaked Iran into isolation. Isolation has led Iran to exercise military excursions to develop influence in the region.

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rjzzleep 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You think that's the only person that talks about the oligarchs excess farming? It's being talked about nonstop. The government just doesn't do anything about it.

Iran has desalination facilities(75 in 2022 to be exact). But not enough and obviously only by the water. Iran has way less energy production than Saudi Arabia, which per capita would put it at a 4th or so. That's with the fact that Iran is a massively industrialized economy which none of the states in the area are. A lot of the UAE and especially the modern desalination plants are built in collaboration with France, Spain, China and Japan. Desalination technology transfer and construction by third parties in Iran is specifically restricted by the US.

One of the things that would have helped Iran's energy problems is nuclear energy and we all know how that goes. It's kinda cute how you don't think that every single one of these facilities is a target for the US and Israel if Iran does not have any weapons deterrent. Iraq's civil infrastructure was leveled by the US in the beginning of the war in 2003.

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myth_drannon 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Iran has civil nuclear reactors built by Russia and Israel didn't touch them.

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nashashmi 5 hours ago | parent [-]

You miss the point. Sanctions are preventing Iran from building infrastructure

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myth_drannon 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe, but they were not building it before the sanctions. Now I wonder if this disaster will be the main plea for lifting the sanctions, "millions will die in the next week!" or something similar to what was happening with pro-Palestinian propaganda. Come to think of it I wonder if the recent burst of news from Iran is just an attempt to lift sanctions and there is no severe draught... Just something common to happen from time to time.

	▲	nashashmi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They were building and investing in all sorts of infrastructure. And they still are at a slower and expensive pace. Obviously you are a Zionist supporting the downfall of Iran. Otherwise you would not have referred to pro Palestine propaganda

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merely-unlikely 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“If only you had reduced your emissions one of the top 10 largest oil producing countries in the world would not have this problem.”

ETA: China imports 40% of Iranian oil production followed by Iraq, UAE, and Turkey.