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Iran's 'system is essentially water bankrupt,' says environmental expert

Published: July 23, 2021, 7:56 p.m.

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A woman and a boy walk on the dried up riverbed of the Zayandeh Roud river that no longer runs under the 400-year-old Si-o-seh Pol bridge, named for its 33 arches, in Isfahan, Iran, July 10, 2018. Farmers in central Iran are increasingly turning to protests, pleading to authorities for a solution, as years of drought and government mismanagement of water destroy their livelihoods.

Vahid Salemi/AP/File photo

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