Fires threaten ancient forests in drought-stricken Iran
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Fires in drought-stricken Iran are threatening ancient forests that are home to endangered species. Also, Ireland considers making a program permanent that would provide a stable income for artists. And, we bring you updates on the outcome of the UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil. Plus, a look at the origins of apples in Central Asia.
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| 0:00.0 | Drought in Iran means taps are running dry in the capital. |
| 0:08.0 | It seems that God has turned off our utilities. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Marco Werman. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler, today the water crisis in Tehran. |
| 0:17.0 | Also a firsthand account from the frontline in Ukraine as the war with Russia grinds on. |
| 0:22.3 | If you think about this war as a contest for kilometers, that seems to go nowhere. But remember |
| 0:29.9 | this, this is war for survival. In honor of apple pie, we make a Thanksgiving visit to the |
| 0:36.9 | birthplace of the fruit. |
| 0:37.9 | It's nowhere near the U.S. |
| 0:39.6 | This apple's a little rotten, but I'm going to try it anyway. |
| 0:44.3 | Which good. |
| 0:45.3 | For a rotten apple, it's very good. |
| 0:47.3 | Plus a tribute to a reggae legend. |
| 0:50.3 | Did not tell you I was going to be famous one day. |
| 0:53.3 | We remember Jimmy Cliff all ahead today on the world. |
| 0:59.1 | This is The World. I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 1:01.5 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. We are glad you are starting this holiday week with us. |
| 1:06.2 | We begin in drought-stricken Iran, where officials are calling for urgent assistance to extinguish |
| 1:11.6 | fires raging through ancient woodlands, the hercanean forests in northern Iran. |
| 1:16.9 | It's not just the blazes raising concern, though. |
| 1:19.7 | Iran's water crisis has become so severe that last week President Massoud Peseshkyan said |
| 1:24.9 | Iran's capital must be moved because a country no longer has a choice. That's after a |
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