Iran faces unprecedented drought as water crisis hits Tehran

The manager of the Latian Dam, one of Tehran's main water sources, says it now holds less than 10% of its capacity. The head of Iran's National Centre for Climate and Drought Crisis Management, Ahmad Vazifeh, has warned that, apart from Tehran, dams in many other provinces — including West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan and Markazi — are also in a "worrying state", with water levels in the single-digit percentages. The Governor of Khorasan Razavi Province in north-east Iran, said the water reserves in Mashhad's dams have dropped to "less than eight percent," warning that the province faces a "mega-challenge of drought."