The ground beneath Tehran is subsiding and drinking water is increasingly scarce, risking the health and safety of 15 million people who live in the Iranian city’s metropolitan area.

Ground subsidence beneath Tehran is part of a larger environmental crisis facing the region, and the country’s leader has proposed moving the capital to a different part of the country.

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