TEHRAN – Iran is facing one of its most severe water emergencies in decades. But too much of the Western and Israeli coverage treats the crisis as a political morality play: headlines and opinion pages tie shortages to government failure or geopolitics, while technical causes and practical solutions get sidelined. That framing misdirects policy debate and risks turning humanitarian offers of help into diplomatic theater.
The Jerusalem Post, for example, recently portrayed Iran’s drying rivers and shrinking reservoirs as confirmation of “regime decay,” tying hydrological decline to an implied crisis of political legitimacy. The Wall Street Journal went even further, arguing that Iran’s “hatred of Israel” is the real cause of its
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