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Fact check: Cloud seeding didn't make it rain in Iran

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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 reference a "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.  So what's the truth? Can a country really make it rain across borders? DW Fact Check consulted physicists and engineers to break down how the technology works.…

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