Syria, Iraq and Iran were parched by high temperatures that would have been “virtually impossible” without the effects of global warming, scientists said.
The government in Tehran cited “unprecedented” heat when it ordered a two-day shutdown to protect health and conserve energy, but many residents were not buying it.
Water shortages from longtime mismanagement have left people with shrinking options, as temperatures spike and growing poverty makes air-conditioning unaffordable for many.
Summer has come to Sistan and Baluchistan province, an impoverished fragment of chapped earth and shimmering heat in Iran’s southeast corner, and all people there can talk about is how to get water.
