Breaking Down: Collapse

Daily Episode 29 - Moving a Capital City

Oct 16, 2025 · 16 min · Season 2 · Episode 29 · 85.9 MB
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Tehran (with a metro population of nearly 17 million) is experiencing a major water shortage, after 5 years of drought. Subsidence, as a result of groundwater removal, is simultaneously causing the land to sink and destroying infrastructure.


Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens | Iran | The Guardian

‘We must change’: how drought and overextraction of water has run Iran dry | Environment | The Guardian

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