Iran dominated the global charts for the world’s hottest temperatures on Monday, July 13, according to climate-tracking authority Eldorado Weather. Southern Iranian towns claimed eight of the top ten spots worldwide, with Bostan in Khuzestan Province hitting 51.6°C and Ahvaz reaching 50.8°C.
Amid this extreme heat, residents across Khuzestan, Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces told IranWire that they were trapped in an exhausting cycle: nights spent terrified by the sounds of incoming missiles and bombs, followed by days without water or electricity.
Paying the Price for Regime Rhetoric
“To those in the capital tweeting hashtags about ‘revenge’ - bring your own wives and children down to Mahshahr, Sarbandar, Abadan or Bandar Abbas and take your leader’s revenge here,” said an angry resident of Khuzestan. “Tweeting from afar means you have no clue what we are enduring.”
He described the daily breakdown of basic infrastructure: “We’ve had no power in Behbahan for four hours. The water cuts out immediately afterward because the pumps rely on electricity. It’s the same story in Abadan, Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, Mahshahr, Omidiyeh, Sarbandar and Bostan. No power from morning to night, and nothing but explosions from night until morning.”
