Severe drought and serious water shortage in Iran.
Iran is facing a severe water shortage. And just like California caused by decades of mis management and governmental corruption by those in charge. Could become a very big humanitarian crisis's. Tehran has 10 million people.
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November 27, 2025, 12:53 PM
ArtieS
I've been reading about this for a little while; broke maybe 3 weeks ago. They are considering evacuating large portions of Tehran. One article had an Iranian blogger walking across one of their larger reservoirs, and he never got deeper than his chest.
There are in a world of hurt, as in could bring down the regime and cause millions of refugees hurt.
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November 27, 2025, 01:25 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Let them drink their oil instead. Don't expect help from the Great Satan.
November 27, 2025, 01:26 PM
BigSwede
We can help, for a price
November 27, 2025, 01:58 PM
braillediver
I saw this analysis recently.
quote:
Iran Built Nuclear Weapons Instead of Desalinization Plants — Now There Is a Water Shortage
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November 27, 2025, 02:01 PM
architect
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede: We can help, for a price
What might that be? We certainly cannot rely on their promises!
November 27, 2025, 02:22 PM
ftttu
I’m always ranting, asking why there aren’t more desalination plants, ESPECIALLY in those sand pits bordering bodies of saltwater. I know they take energy, but use the vast amount of natural gas to do it or whatever reasonable power source.
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November 27, 2025, 05:01 PM
tatortodd
quote:
Originally posted by architect:
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede: We can help, for a price
What might that be? We certainly cannot rely on their promises!
Iran gives us 10,000 barrels (i.e. 420,000 gallons) of crude oil, we give them 10,000 barrels of potable water.
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November 27, 2025, 05:21 PM
konata88
What is their short and long term solution? Short term, they need to trade / import water? Who would / could / want to trade with them? In huge quantities?
Long term - build more reservoirs? Desalinization plants? Other? Is short term viable until the long term is in-place?
What are their options, since going to war won't help. Is evacuation / emigration the only option for them?
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November 27, 2025, 05:23 PM
bigwagon
They could spend some of those billions Obama sent back to them to help solve the problem if they hadn't spent it on state-sponsored terrorism aimed against us.
November 27, 2025, 05:25 PM
smschulz
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Originally posted by architect:
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede: We can help, for a price
What might that be? We certainly cannot rely on their promises!
Cash in advance.
November 27, 2025, 05:28 PM
konata88
Why would we give them money for any problem? What was Bummer's real intention in giving money? And why would we give them money w/o assurances that it would be spent as intended - just simply pay the desalinization plant contractor directly rather than give the Iranians any money? Can we get the billions back if it wasn't spent as intended? I still don't get it - aren't they oil rich? Why do they need any money? Expertise maybe but money?
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November 27, 2025, 05:54 PM
jimmy123x
quote:
Originally posted by konata88: Why would we give them money for any problem? What was Bummer's real intention in giving money? And why would we give them money w/o assurances that it would be spent as intended - just simply pay the desalinization plant contractor directly rather than give the Iranians any money? Can we get the billions back if it wasn't spent as intended? I still don't get it - aren't they oil rich? Why do they need any money? Expertise maybe but money?
They gave him money back under the table, why else would he have done it???
November 27, 2025, 05:57 PM
MikeinNC
Not our problem.
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November 27, 2025, 07:08 PM
BOATTRASH1
Yea, well F'em. If the people rise up, encourage it, without our $. Otherwise, F'em!
November 27, 2025, 07:31 PM
LS1 GTO
Give them three recommended desalination plant builders, and nothing else.
They didn’t follow the recommendations for dams and other water conservation help, why would they want desalination help?
Just proof they can’t won’t help themselves and want to blame others for their demise
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November 27, 2025, 07:37 PM
parabellum
quote:
Originally posted by old rugged cross: Tehran has 10 million people.
But I do believe the people of Iran are pro Western value. I've mentioned in the past playing MMrpg games and having Iranians apologize in chat for their country. No other peoples do this. But how do you help the people and not their Gov./Theocracy.
