Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Dr Abdularin Saroush, a philosophy lecturer, distinguishes three forms of prayer – praise to God, supplication and request.But for those looking for explanations of Iran’s water supply beyond faith and morality, Iranians also take new heed of those officials who warned about the imminence of a crisis in the past but were ignored.Kaveh Madani, the award-winning former deputy head of the Environmental Protection Agency, recalls being told by senior officials not to use alarmist phrases such as “water bankruptcy”.
47% : He felt forced to leave the country when there was a crackdown on environmental activists, including himself, and is now the head of the Institute for Water Environment and Health at the United Nations University in Canada.

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