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2025-12-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

First autumn rain falls in Iran’s capital, but drought-ravaged nation needs far more

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1 Wrong article for the title and link:
Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a half century.

The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government out of Tehran by the end of December if there’s not significant rainfall to recharge dams around the capital. Meteorologists have described this fall as the driest in over 50 years across the country — from even before its 1979 Islamic Revolution — further straining a system that expends vast amounts of water inefficiently on agriculture.

Water shortages have sparked localized protests in the past, something Iran has been trying to avoid as its economy struggles under the weight of international sanctions over its nuclear program.

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-11 07:44|| 2025-12-11 07:44|| Front Page Top

2 Whoops! Thank you for catching that, Frank G.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-11 09:59|| 2025-12-11 09:59|| Front Page Top

3 Fixed. I’ll post the other article in a moment.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-12-11 10:16|| 2025-12-11 10:16|| Front Page Top

4 Evacuations in Washington state as record-setting floods hit

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-11 10:51|| 2025-12-11 10:51|| Front Page Top

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