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Iran Launches Cloud-Seeding to Combat Historic Drought

11/16/2025

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Iran has commenced cloud-seeding operations to address its drought, with the first flight over Urmia Lake basin.
State media says rainfall this year fell 89% below the long-term average, as Iran endures its driest autumn in 50 years.
Tehran faces a century-low in rainfall, and President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of evacuations if rain does not arrive before winter.
Cloud seeding technology, developed domestically, aims to induce rainfall in drought-stricken areas.

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Iran has commenced cloud-seeding operations to address its drought, with the first flight over Urmia Lake basin.
State media says rainfall this year fell 89% below the long-term average, as Iran endures its driest autumn in 50 years.
Tehran faces a century-low in rainfall, and President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of evacuations if rain does not arrive before winter.
Cloud seeding technology, developed domestically, aims to induce rainfall in drought-stricken areas.