U.S. slaps more sanctions on Iranian banks, firms
Wind blows salt from the bed of the dried-out Orumieh lake, northwest of Iran October 4, 2013. Water shortages have long been a problem for countries across the Middle East, where a high birth rate, rising consumption and poor management has strained already scarce resources. But Iran has fared among the worst. The country of 76 million has survived an eight-year war with Iraq, U.S. sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear program and violence on its borders. But experts say the main threat it faces today is dwindling water resources ...
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