Overview

• Shabankareh reached a staggering 52.8°C this week, marking Iran’s highest temperature reading so far this year
• Tehran’s dam reservoirs have fallen to their lowest levels in a century after five years of drought and overexploited groundwater
• The government declared Wednesday a public holiday in Tehran province and urged residents to reduce consumption by at least 20 percent
• Water supply reductions have triggered outages of up to 18 hours in parts of Tehran and rolling power cuts have spread nationwide
• Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi has begun negotiations with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to secure water imports