Iran is experiencing an acute water crisis as prolonged drought, reduced rainfall, and unsustainable water use have depleted reservoirs, rivers, and groundwater. The situation has worsened following Israeli attacks that damaged desalination plants, pipelines, and other civilian water infrastructure. The World Resources Institute has classified Iran as a country under 'extremely high' water stress, using over 80 percent of its renewable water resources annually.
Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran, once spanning about 6,000 square kilometers in the 1990s, has shrunk to just 581 square kilometers. Drought, excessive irrigation, river diversion, and groundwater extraction have turned much of the lakebed into salt flats. More than 60 dams on feeder rivers have further reduced water flow, while inefficient irrigation systems waste large amounts of water.
In 2025, Iran’s population of 92 million used around 100 billion cubic meters of water—13 billion more than renewable supply. Agriculture consumes about 91 percent of total water use, while desalination provides only 3 percent, mostly limited to southern coastal cities.
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