After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up (Fred Pearce, Yale E360)

More than international sanctions, more than its stifling theocracy, more than recent bombardment by Israel and the U.S. &#x2014; Iran&#x2019;s greatest current existential crisis is what hydrologists are calling its rapidly approaching &#x201C;water bankruptcy.&#x201D;&#xA0; It is a crisis that has a sad origin, they