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.
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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
