Mohammad Nurian, the president of Iran’s Meteorology Organization has warned, that low rainfall levels put sixteen of Iran’s provinces on the “threshold of total drought ” for the upcoming year, according to a recent article published by Iran’s Environmental News Agency. Nurian warned that drastic human and economic costs would be suffered if the upcoming water shortage were not better planned-for. Iran’s varied geography makes for drastic differences in climate from region to region. In the past, severe water shortages in Iran’s south have scuttled deals to sell excess potable water from water-rich provinces like Khuzistan to Gulf Arab States.
The above image is taken from a very interesting report on Iranian wheat production put online by the US Foreign Agricultural Service. The full text and more historical data on Iran’s rainfall is available here.
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