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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Wintour

‘We must change’: how drought and overextraction of water has run Iran dry

Tehran, Iran with carbon emissions graph line in the skyline

Iran’s vital statistics

A month ago, Benjamin Netanyahu pitched a calculated deal to the Iranian people. The Israeli prime minister suggested that if Iranians took to the streets and overthrew their government, he would flood the country with Israel’s top water experts, bringing with them cutting edge technology able to recycle and desalinate Iran’s water.

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