Iran Shocker Update: Brave Scientist Challenges Ahmadinejad on "The West is Plotting Droughts"

On Friday, we featured President Ahmadinejad's declaration, in a speech opening a dam, that "Western countries are plotting to generate drought in some areas of the world, including Iran".

Well, it appears that Ahmadinejad is getting some unexpected resistance to his revelation. It is coming not from the evil scientists of the West, but from one of his experts.

"There is no scientific confirmation for the claim that a country makes enormous efforts and spends resources on specific technologies to destroy clouds to prevent rain in other countries,"according to University of Tehran professor Esmail Kahrom.

Ahmadinejad claimed European countries were using special equipment to prevent the rain clouds from reaching Iran, but Kahrom noted distance of 5,000 to 6,000 kilometers (3100 to 3700 miles): "In this case, from a scientific point of view, such activity is impossible."

Instead of looking at devious Western plots, Kahrom suggested that the emphasis on the current drought --- last year the rainfall in Iran was 79% less than the average since 1968 --- should be elsewhere: "To survive these dry years, it is necessary to use water sparingly, stop wastage by using modern means," said Kahrom.

So far, we have no news that Kahrom has been detained for his subversive remarks.