Iran's Real Problems

[Gavin]

It seems Iran’s real problems are not with Israel but with Mother Nature – and with governmental incompetence. (Join the club, Iran!)

Iran’s triple crisis is reshaping daily life | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera

… “Without electricity, there is no air conditioner to make the heat tolerable,” Sara says, describing how Iran’s convergent crises – water scarcity, power shortages and record-breaking temperatures – have fundamentally altered her daily routine. …

As Iran approaches another winter with unresolved water and energy deficits, the experiences of Sara, Fatemeh, Shahram and millions like them suggest that the country’s infrastructure crisis has moved beyond temporary inconvenience to become a defining feature of modern Iranian life.

[CTLaw]

Their population has exploded to over 90 million. Meanwhile, they dedicate their small fraction of really smart people to making nuclear weapons.

They can perhaps steal a small amount of water from Iraq, but Turkey has something to say about what enters Iraq.

Then they have the Aras:

https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/aras-river-pollution-politics-over-public-safety/
Perhaps a part of the Armenia-Azerbaijan deal is to protect the Aras against Iranian takeover.