[Global Network Reporter Suo Yanqi] According to reports by the British "Guardian" and Iran International Television (iranintl), Iranian President Pezehizyan said on Thursday (October 2) local time that due to the over-expansion of the city, the intensification of the water shortage crisis and the growing threat of land subsidence, Iran has no choice but to move the capital from Tehran to the south of the country.

According to the report, Mr. Pezzhiyan delivered the above speech while visiting Iran¡¯s southern Persian Gulf coast of the province of Hormuzgan. Mr. Pezzhiyan said he had made similar proposals before. He frankly said that although the proposal has received many criticisms, Iran¡¯s growing resource crisis is imminent, so the country now has the obligation to move both and there is no other choice.

¡°The region (Ormuzgan province) on the coast of the Persian Gulf has a direct path to open waters and development of trade and economic relations... It is not enough to just accept the status quo without scientific, accurate and autonomous planning for the future.¡± ¨C said Pezzhiyan, ¡°The current problems facing the country require us to turn the development path to the Persian Gulf.

According to the report, Pezehizyan has long warned about Iran's worsening water shortage crisis. On Thursday, he said, "Last year it fell 140 millimeters compared to the standard 260 millimeters; this means that the rainfall has dropped by about 50% to 60%. This year the situation is equally grim." He added that "the reduction of water behind dams, the drying up of some wells and the high cost of transporting water from other areas all indicate that we need to change our approach. If we want to transport water from this area to Tehran, the cost per cubic meter will be as high as 4 euros."

In addition, Pezziyan said that the landslide was also a ¡°catastrophe¡± for Tehran, ¡°in some areas, land drops 30 centimeters a year. It is a catastrophe that indicates that the water under our feet is running out.¡± The Guardian mentioned that Tehran has now developed into a city with more than 10 million inhabitants, and the entire city¡¯s water consumption accounts for a quarter of Iran¡¯s entire.

According to multiple media analyses, with global warming, Iran has frequently encountered extreme high temperatures in recent years. Problems such as over-exploitation of groundwater resources and poor management have caused many places across Iran to face water shortages. In July this year, Pezehizyan warned that the situation was very serious and that if water was not saved, the reservoir supplying water to Tehran might dry up by October at the latest.

Iran International Television mentioned that, in fact, Iran has been studying moving its capital to the coast of the Persian Gulf for a long time, because the water supply there is not so tight. Previously, some Iranian presidents had put forward similar ideas, but Pezeshiziyan was the first Iranian president to regard moving the capital as an inevitable choice.