(New York Times) Vivian Yee - In Sistan and Baluchistan province in Iran's southeast corner, all people talk about is how to get water. For weeks now, taps in cities like Zahedan, the provincial capital, have yielded a salty, weakening trickle. In villages that water pipes have never reached, the few residents who remain say people can barely find enough water to do the laundry or bathe, let alone farm or sustain livestock. The water crisis has intensified in recent years as political priorities trumped sound water management. Iranian lawmakers warn that water will run out altogether in the province within three months, and other regions are not far behind. Drought is forcing water cuts in Tehran.
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