The warnings issued by officials make it clear that the water crisis is not a problem exclusive to Tehran; rather, it is a precursor to similar or even more severe challenges in other urban centers. Cities like Isfahan, Mashhad, Tabriz, and Shiraz, with their large populations, significant industrial bases, and agricultural surroundings, are all on a potential trajectory toward water shortages if rainfall patterns do not dramatically shift. Many of these cities rely on aging infrastructure, inefficient distribution networks, and reservoirs that are similarly impacted by the lack of sustained precipitation. The staggered timing of the crisis across the country merely reflects differing local water resource availability and consumption rates, but the underlying threat of widespread shortage remains universally high.
