The Iranian Tasnim news agency published an infographic claiming the recent war will sharply worsen Iran's water crisis and air pollution, because concrete and water needed for reconstruction — each cubic meter of concrete requires 200-350 liters of water — will strain already scarce resources and increase CO₂ emissions. The agency argues Israel's strikes will thus deepen environmental crises, according to a desk-reviewed report.
The Iranian Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an infographic analyzing the environmental toll of the recent war. The infographic claims that rebuilding structures destroyed in Israeli strikes requires vast quantities of concrete — each cubic meter needs between 200 and 350 liters of water — and that this will exacerbate Iran's pre-existing water scarcity and air pollution problems. The report frames the environmental damage as an outcome of Israeli military operations, arguing that the war will deepen both the water crisis and CO₂ emissions.
The claim comes amid a broader backdrop of acute water stress in Iran. As The Zioneer has reported, Iran's per capita renewable water supply has shrunk nearly sixfold over seven decades, from about 7,000 cubic meters per year to roughly 1,200, pushing the country toward the severe-deficit threshold of 1,000 cubic meters per person. Tehran's water utility has warned of a 200-million-cubic-meter deficit after five consecutive years of drought. The Tasnim infographic does not provide a specific timeline for the reconstruction or quantify the total additional water or emissions, and the report is based on a desk-reviewed report by the agency, with no independent verification.
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