NIC Predicts Water Shortage, Oil Glut for Iran in 2030

Barbara Slavin, citing a report by the National Intelligence Council, writes for Al-Monitor that by 2030, Iran may be perilously short of water and find it even harder to market its major export, oil, in a world with a substantial surplus of crude and more extreme weather patterns.
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Women stand in line to cast their votes during the parliamentary election, in the court yard of the holy shrine in Qom, 120 km (75 miles) south of Tehran March 2, 2012. Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election which is expected to reinforce the power of the clerical establishment of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over hardline political ri
Women stand in line in the courtyard of the holy shrine in Qom, 120 km (75 miles) south of Tehran March 2, 2012. - REUTERS
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Barbara Slavin
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Iran by 2030 may be perilously short of water and find it even harder to market its major export, oil, in a world with a substantial surplus of crude and more extreme weather patterns, according to a new report by the National Intelligence Council.

Unveiled on Monday [Dec. 10], the report, “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds,” posits a variety of scenarios and best and worst cases for the planet going forward. 

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