Daijiworld Media Network – Tehran

Tehran, Nov 3: Tehran, home to over 10 million people, is facing an acute water crisis, with its main source of drinking water, the Amir Kabir Dam, expected to run dry within two weeks due to a severe drought, according to reports by Iranian state media.

The Amir Kabir Dam, one of five key reservoirs supplying water to the capital, currently holds only 14 million cubic metres of water — barely 8 percent of its total capacity — warned Behzad Parsa, Director of Tehran’s Water Company. “At this level, the dam can only supply the city for two more weeks,” Parsa told the state-run IRNA news agency on Sunday.

Iran is reeling under what officials describe as its worst drought in decades. Rainfall levels in Tehran province have dropped to the lowest in nearly

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