Iranians pray for rain as households struggle with water shortage

Tehran saw only 1 hour's downpour in 2 months, as government blames agriculture

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Facing severe drought, a man in Tehran fills up a water tank. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters) 

TALA TASLIMI

TEHRAN -- In over two months, Tehran saw only an hour's rain last Monday, nowhere near enough to budge levels in the reservoirs of the parched country where water cuts have become another daily struggle.

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