Daijiworld Media Network - Tehran

Tehran, Nov 10: Iran’s water crisis has reached alarming levels, with water storage at the dams supplying Mashhad — the country’s second-largest city — plunging below three percent, local media reported on Sunday.

Hossein Esmaeilian, chief executive of Mashhad’s water company, told ISNA news agency that the situation has become dire, warning that “managing water use is no longer merely a recommendation — it has become a necessity.”

Mashhad, home to nearly four million residents and known as Iran’s holiest city, depends on four major dams for its water supply. Esmaeilian revealed that consumption in the city has reached around 8,000 litres per second, with only about 1,000 to 1,500 litres per second currently coming from the dams.

The crisis mirrors gr

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