Water shortage pushes Iranians to new strategies and spiritual questions

Iran (MNN) — Drought-stricken Iran added cloud-seeding to its efforts in late November, as a years-long water crisis comes to a head. Cloud-seeding is a method of spraying chemical salts into cloud formations, which encourages condensation that can lead to rain. Iran’s largest lake, Lake Urmia, received cloud-seeding over its watershed on November 15. But there’s no quick fix to the drought, even if rainfall surges. For example, rain did come over the weekend in the west and northwest of Iran —