India, Nov. 17 -- Iran faces its worst water crisis in over sixty years, with major dams nearly empty and groundwater reserves depleted.

Tehran and Mashhad are experiencing severe shortages, prompting potential evacuations.

Poor management, agricultural expansion, and dam construction have exacerbated the crisis.

Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades.

Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly empty, and groundwater reserves have been depleted. Many cities have endured an entire autumn without a single drop of rain.

In the capital, Tehran, and in Mashhad, the country's second-largest city, in the north-east, some reservoirs are at less than 5 per cent and 3 pe...