Hussain Hazbavi 
Tehran will implement 12-hour water supply cuts for people with excessively high consumption who disregard government warnings and text message alerts to reduce water use amid a national crisis.
According to Revolutionary Guards news agency Tasnim, the measure comes as Tehran faces water shortages due to five consecutive years of drought and a sharp drop in rainfall, posing challenges to supplying the metropolis that houses over 10% of Iran’s population during the upcoming summer season.
Authorities aim to curb what they call excessive water use, particularly among the 5% of the population classified as “badly consuming” who can use up to ten times more than the average household, with the majority of these located in affluent districts of the capital.
