Iran is in the midst of a silent, man-made catastrophe. The ground beneath its cities and plains is collapsing at a world-record pace, a crisis that threatens not only national infrastructure but the lives of millions of citizens. While the clerical regime blames drought and mismanagement, the evidence points to a far more sinister cause: the systematic plundering of the nation’s water resources by a powerful “water mafia” controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This environmental disaster is a physical manifestation of the regime’s corrupt and destructive rule, which has left nothing but ruin in its wake.

The scale of the crisis is staggering. According to recent satellite data analysis, an area of Iran the size of Maryland is actively sinking. In some regions, like the area near Rafsanjan, the ground is dropping by over 30 cm per year. The regime’s own officials can no longer hide the severity of the problem. On November 25, 2025, a spokesperson for the parliament’s Article 90 Commission........

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