What Is the Domestic Significance of Iran’s Drought?

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00:00And Iran is facing a generational drought.

00:03Can you give some context of the importance of this drought domestically in Iran?

00:08Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that. This is a really important story.

00:12You know, this is impacting in particular the citizens of Tehran.

00:17Millions and millions of people facing a catastrophic, really, water shortage.

00:22And the Iranian regime has been trying to handle this, right, because this is a basic need, obviously, of people.

00:35And the thing that the mullahs and the RGC fear the most, obviously, is an uprising from inside.

00:41And there's no easier way to lose control of the population than to run out of water and food.

00:49So this is a result of decades of mismanagement on the Iranian government's side.

00:56Obviously, a drought plays into it, but they have mismanaged this so badly over the years.

01:02And part of that is a corruption problem that now the citizens of Tehran and Tehran and Mishad, they're facing this catastrophic problem.

01:13They're, you know, rationing water.

01:15Even as we speak, they're talking about, you know, this could, you know, they could run out in the next week or week and a half.

01:22Masoud Peseshkin, the president, has talked about, well, maybe we need to relocate the capital.

01:27So I'm glad you brought this up because this has flown under the radar.