{"id":24308,"date":"2021-07-29T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=24308"},"modified":"2021-07-29T17:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:04:43","slug":"iran-causes-of-the-khuzestan-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/07\/iran-causes-of-the-khuzestan-water-crisis\/24308\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Causes of the Khuzestan Water Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Iranian province of Khuzestan is experiencing temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak<\/a> without adequate vaccines, immense poverty, and a major water shortage<\/a> that is causing people to die of thirst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of Khuzestan have suffered under the regime for 40 years now, due to the eight-year war with Iraq, destructive policies, and widespread poverty, even though the province is rich in oil facilities and makes up about 14% of the country\u2019s GDP. Now, they face extreme temperatures and a lack of water at the same time, despite having five large rivers running through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aftab-e Yazd daily wrote: \u201cKhuzestan has not had so many problems overnight that it can be treated overnight. Beyond this issue, one can all government to account from [Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani] to the end of [Hassan] Rouhani\u2019s government, all the governors and MPs of this province and this means that in Khuzestan, \u2018we are all to blame!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, many of the supposed reformists are now asking what they did to improve the province when they were in power. (Hint: Nothing.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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