Iran has inaugurated a $70 million water diversion initiative aimed at increasing the capital’s water supply.
The Taleqan-Tehran project channels water from the Taleqan Dam, over 140 kilometers northwest of Tehran, to treatment facilities in Karaj, a key source of the city’s water.
Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said the project has added 2,200 liters per second to Tehran’s supply, which currently faces a demand of 40,000 liters per second. Once complete, the pipeline will extend 62 kilometers and is expected to provide an additional 2,500 liters per second, serving nearly three million residents.
Experts describe the project as one of the most complex water transfer schemes undertaken by Iran’s Energy Ministry. Construction has involved over 43,500 metric tons of large-diameter pipes, with more work underway to connect the remaining sections to treatment facilities near Tehran.
Tehran has faced rising water demand amid record summer temperatures exceeding 40°C, alongside a 50% drop in reservoir levels compared to last year, attributed to a 41% decline in rainfall during the wet season.
The ministry expects the project to strengthen the capital’s water security and support its growing population.
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A passenger aircraft from Polish carrier LOT veered off a taxiway at Lithuania's Vilnius airport after arriving from Warsaw on Wednesday, halting all traffic, the airport operator said.
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia’s Afar region erupted on Sunday morning (23 November), covering nearby villages in ash.
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Netflix crashed on Wednesday for about an hour in the U.S. as it launched season five of "Stranger Things", with the service becoming inaccessible to many subscribers within minutes of the episodes going live at 8 p.m. local time.
The wife and son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the jailed right-wing leader at the Federal Police facilities in Brasília on Thursday, 27 November, following a Supreme Court order for him to begin a 27-year, three-month prison sentence.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday (27 November) that his country will hold talks on Friday aimed at securing sufficient Russian crude oil and gas supplies.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in the Latin American region on Thursday, amid a military buildup by President Donald Trump’s administration that has heightened tensions with Venezuela.
Former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos was taken to Soto del Real prison on Thursday following a ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court ordering his pre-trial detention over a corruption scandal that has embroiled Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s left-wing government.
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