Austrian Ambassador in Tehran Stefan Scholz expressed his side’s readiness to engage in academic cooperation with Iran on resolving the water crisis. Speaking during a visit to the Yazd University on Tuesday, Scholz said, “The Austrian Embassy in Iran is ready to play the role of a facilitator in developing scientific relations between the Yazd University and Austria’s universities, particularly on renewable energies, sustainable tourism and water crisis management,” IRNA reported. Iran is struggling with an escalating water shortage that has recently reached alarming levels particularly in some southern cities. Domestic and international organizations alike have warned that the prospect of a devastating drought is looming large over parts of Iran, predicting that reserves of renewable water will drop to less than 1,000 cubic meters per capita by 2025, down from 2,000 cubic meters in 1950.
