Iran is facing a critical water crisis. It's threatening daily life, the economy, and even the political stability of the country.

Officials warn that Iran's Lake Urmia, the world's second-biggest saltwater lake, could be completely dry by the end of this summer.

Time-lapse satellite images from 2000 to 2025 show what was once the Middle East's largest lake shrinking dramatically, year after year.

Janatan Sayeh with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies says a five-year drought, crippling power shortages, and questions over the management of dams are pushing the country to the brink.

"Iran is currently becoming increasingly uninhabitable, in part because of climate change," Sayeh told CBN News. "But the main culprit, at least how the Iranian people see it, is the regime's mismanage

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