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