Some social media users have claimed the alleged destruction of a climate research center in the United Arab Emirates caused intense precipitation in Iran. But those claims are misleading.
Back in 2018, an Iranian general put forth a theory about the country's drought: Israel was stealing Iran's clouds. He later walked back on the comments after Iran's own meteorological organization contradicted him, according to state media reports.
Now, a similar claim has reemerged during the Iran war, and it has gone beyond the musings of a single general.
Social media posts with millions of views referencea "weather war" and point to dams being filled and highways blanketed in snow as proof of climate interference in the region.
The viral conspiracy theory focuses on a technology called cloud seeding and a facility in the United Arab Emirates called the Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science.
