"Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities: A Water Crisis Batters Iran" Article Reflection No. 147 (7/27/2025)

Article: “Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities: A Water Crisis Batters Iran”

Reflection:

In the article “Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities: A Water Crisis Batters Iran,” journalists Sanam Mahoozi, Leily Nikounazar, and Farnaz Fassihi discuss the water shortage and lack of availability of electricity in Iran amid the heavy humidity and heat, which reached a 149 degrees Fahrenheit heat index in a region in June. With the recent war with Israel, Iran is still in its recovery process and meeting the basic needs of the people is very difficult, with climate change and ineffective waste management regulations contributing to the shortages, according to the article. With poorer regions facing the worst of the situation, there are concerns over the inequity in resource access, according to UN University Institute for Water Kaveh Mandani in the article. 

It hurts me that people aren’t able to access the most basic of resources. Water. Electricity. Those are literally the basic things that people need to survive and live in today’s world. There’s so many people who are facing these struggles and it just angers me that the root causes of these devastating developments aren’t being properly addressed. Climate change? The Trump administration, who leads the US—a country that other nations look(ed?) up to—seems to be doing everything they can to dismantle any group or organization that fights against climate change. How much economy-based incentive there would have to be for this environmental conservation effort to be more collaborative?