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Iran begins cloud seeding operations as drought bites
Gulf News
|November 17, 2025
Iranian authorities have launched cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall as the country faces its worst drought in decades, according to state media reports.
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“Today, a cloud seeding flight was conducted in the Urmia Lake basin for the first time in the current water year,” which begins in September, the official IRNA news agency said late Saturday.
This story is from the November 17, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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