Conversation

Note: This episode of the program was produced before Israel's attack on Iran.

Iran has been facing a serious water crisis for years; a crisis that not only threatens the daily lives of people but also affects the country’s future security and economy. In this conversation, Dr. Kaveh Madani discusses both the hidden and apparent aspects of this issue and its consequences.

Our society is transitioning away from past traditions.

Your system has all the information about my life and still creates fictional stories.

A broad spectrum of reformists no longer fall under traditional reformism; they are now transformation-seekers.

Even with Mr. Pezeshkian’s candidacy, the reformists did not support him as they had in the past.

I’m glad to be here now and that, unlike people such as Mr. Kavous Seyed Emami, I haven’t perished.

Today, the reformists have the potential to bring about a profound transformation in society.

Kaveh Madani: One of my biggest challenges as Deputy Director [of the Environmental Organization] was appointing the Director General!

Perhaps many of the judgments made during the Shah's era were unrealistic

Which official in the Islamic Republic can guarantee you?!

  If we had a clear and strong opposition with clear social support, they could prevent war

Our water problem is more apparent than the sun!

Kaveh Madani: We cannot compensate for all the damage we have caused to the environment

The water, which once was the life of the Iranian plateau and the glory of civilization, is now caught in the mismanagement, corruption and failed policies.  The sources of Karun, Zayandehrood and Hirmand have become dry lines on paper, and the huge wetlands and lakes of Iran have become desert and desert centers.  In this program, we will examine this crisis and the prospects for rebuilding this expensive heritage with Nick Kosar, an explicit water and environmental analyst.

The monarchy in Iran was not just a form of government, part of our historical and cultural identity.  But why did it collapse and is it possible to return?  Can it stand by democracy like some countries or is it permanently entrusted to history?

A "crisis" has a specific duration; it doesn’t remain a "crisis" forever. We have been facing a water crisis since the 1960s.

You can sell the industry and service expensive and buy it against food - which is cheap -

Tehran's share of water consumption - compared to their area - is very high

Hedayat Aghaei: We have deprived and starred students of school year/ Future Governance Model;  Rationality, rationality and rationality

You give artificial breathing to the place where there is no development capacity and create a lot of water illusions

  Season -by -chapter of Iran Development Plan contradicts each other

The same disaster has come to our natural infrastructure on engineering infrastructure

You must first employ the rural community in the service or industry sector

  If [Mr. Khamenei's succession] had been done earlier

The only thing a ruler can do now is to create transparency and trust.

  Our issues are not of technological and engineering issues

  Mr. Khamenei's political death - or in the sense of current political rulers of the Islamic Republic - has occurred

Our problem, by the way, is over-reliance on technology.

  When you can create drought in Golestan and Mazandaran, you know that the problem is not inherent in the water.

  With bad management, not looking at our development restrictions and model of development 

  Depression has become a national disease!

The rulers of the oil countries may have believed that - and some still have

  The crowd to several specific metropolises created many problems in the long run

There is a possibility of returning the monarchy to Iran;  But will not continue

What Mr. Khamenei wanted was something that happened in 2022.

Dr. Fazel Meybodi, with a critical view of the role of jurisprudence in contemporary Iranian governance, challenged the relation between traditional jurisprudence and social and technological developments, and emphasized that traditional jurisprudence and clergy are not only responsive to today's needs, but also imposing their formal readings, even in the form of formal jurisprudence.

  I think Mr. Reza Pahlavi says at the bottom of his heart, "Let us make our lives!"

  The things that are asked are not the kingdom

  My point is to find some - with specific competences, to give them power

There will be no force that can bring the current plurality of society under control.

In a monarchy, the king is expected to rule.

  The dominant discourse of the Ministry of Energy and the Mafia of the Water, the construction of more dams

Three years after the revolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran has formed the path of Iranian society, and today a significant portion of the people are unhappy with this method of governance;  Dissatisfaction that has been reflected in various ways in both the streets and gatherings and in articles and writings.  Now the fundamental question is, does this nation still be able to give birth?

When officials themselves are critical of the system and the government does not really exist, from the danger of human technology and slavery by machines to the crisis of power such as electricity and livelihoods, everyone shows that awareness and education are the only way to save.

  In the Islamic Republic, we concentrated all power and gave it to one person

In Iran, the king could have deprived us of the personal yogurt and give it to another

This matter, just like the republic, did not take flight; because it was unfamiliar to the mental framework of us Iranians.

  The modern era has repeatedly questioned the monarchy

The monarchy and religion were two arms that could have the Iranian components in their support and representation.

The monarchy is one of the two bio -eternity

  Even the trigger mechanism should not be ignored in water management

  Instead of structural solutions, we need to come up with nature -oriented solutions

In an age where truth no longer requires torture but is suffocated by labels, boundaries have shifted; lies don the cloak of piety and faith is seated in the chair of accusation. In such a world, the question arises: who should defend religion—clergy or the people, rulers or protesters?

Iran, in the midst of complex crises, faces once again a decisive question: change or continuity? The statement by Mir Hossein Mousavi and the referendum proposal by intellectuals have revived a serious debate about the country's political future; can the Constituent Assembly open a path to freedom or will it become a new ground for despotism?

  Explicit interview with Dr. Kaveh Madani, Head of the Institute of Water, Environment and Health of the United Nations University 

A candid conversation with Dr. Kaveh Madani, Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health at the United Nations University

  We protest if we want to get daily consumption in Tehran