Iran stops in the face of the bloated heat

“When there is no power, the banks are closed, the whole system stops,” said the owner of the Tehran restaurant, Edo Mansourian. “And now the country is essentially closed for the next few days.” The 72 -year -old added that “working conditions have become frustrating and that it is difficult to maintain the place on the move”.

Mohammadreza Tavakoli directs an inn on the island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf region of southern Iran, which is already known for its warm time and high humidity. The recent heat, however, has made the situation “unlivable,” he said.

“No one travels to what is a beautiful tourist place,” he said, noting that he was forced to dive into his savings to survive.

Officials now warn that water supply is decreasing in Tehran, which should have a population of more than 9.5 million inhabitants.

Water shortages and severe heat have led to disorders in Iran in the past. In 2021, street demonstrations broke out in the cities of the province of Khuzestan in southwest Iran, as well as a handful of other cities, which met with a violent repression by government security forces.

At a government meeting on Monday, President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that the water reserves were “in a disturbing state,” reported the state’s news agency managed by the State.

“Tehran faces a sharp drop in water resources,” he said. “The water reserves are exhausted. We must consider all the people. “

The governor of Tehran, Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, also warned that only 14% of the capacity of the city’s dam is currently filled and that water consumption is five times higher than what the renewable water sources of the province can support, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency

“For the fifth consecutive year, Tehran has a drought,” he said.

Several media have published photos of water bottles distributed in the city and state television forecasters predict that temperatures will increase next week.