Nastaran Rahnama is a British-Iranian writer and director of the award-winning documentary Space to Live, featuring Paul Ehrlich. Her writing explores the relationship between population growth, ecological overshoot, and environmental degradation.
Iran is running out of water. The problem goes far beyond policy failure
From collapsing rivers to groundwater depletion, Iran’s water crisis is often framed as a failure of governance or infrastructure. But it reflects a broader reality: water stress is emerging wherever human demand pushes beyond ecological limits.
June 26, 2026
