According to the news, Iran has been suffering from ______. [originaltext] TE

TEHERAN -- Iran’s Agriculture Minister Issa Kalantari has given a warning of a hard year to come because of a drought that is expected to destroy up to 2. S million tons of wheat. Other crops such as cotton, maize and hay, as well as the production of sugar and meat would suffer from the drought. Mr. Kalantari said in a seminar: "Weather conditions in the current crop year have caused the destruction of 2-9. S million tons of wheat and major damage to other fields that depend on rainfall. As far as water is concerned, Iran is going through a crisis this year. The volume of water behind dams is less than 40 per cent to S0 per cent of their capacity."