Des Iraniennes prient pour la pluie au sanctuaire d’Imamzadeh Saleh à Téhéran, le 14 novembre 2025. L’automne a été particulièrement sec dans la capitale iranienne. Stringer/AFP

Comment l’Iran en est arrivé à la faillite hydrique et pourquoi déplacer la capitale ne changera rien

L’expansion urbaine de l’Iran et le choix d’une agriculture gourmande en eau ont rendu le pays vulnérable à la sécheresse. Certaines mesures pourraient toutefois y remédier.
Iranians pray for rain in Tehran on Nov. 14, 2025. The city is experiencing its worst drought in decades. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images

Iran’s president calls for moving its drought‑stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
In some drought-stricken parts of the Southwest, water arrives by truck. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought‑troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other

Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.

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