Even today people play here in Brazil with that story of storing wind and stuff - remember that? Because we at Mega learned about an international bullshit going on that reminded us of this case. According to a (crazy) news report published by Ynet News, Iranian General Gholam Reza Jalali, who is in charge of the country's Civil Defense Organization, accused Israel of stealing the clouds from its territory.

(Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty)

The general said Israelis are not only stealing the clouds, but working to ensure they do not enter Iranian airspace and release rainfall and other precipitation, such as snow and ice. According to the military's logic, the prolonged drought that has been affecting Iran would be the result of Israeli interference.

And that's not all: Jalali believes that Israelis can only be in league with some country in the region - which is helping Israel prevent clouds from reaching Iran. According to Ynet News, the general is convinced that the lack of Rain and climate change on Iranian lands are very suspicious and can only be the result of international interference.

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About the robbery itself - after all, we have only talked about the blocking of clouds so far - Jalali told a group of reporters that Israel is not only preventing the arrival of rain in their country, it is capturing clouds and stealing snow. This is because, according to the general, a survey conducted in the region would have pointed out that the summits of all mountains in the region have snow above 2, 200 meters, except those of Iran.

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By contrast, Iran's chief weather officer, Ahad Vazife, explained that, as far as he knows, it is impossible for one nation to steal clouds and other precipitation from another, not to mention that long periods of drought are not a matter for Iranians alone. . However, it may be that the general has some kind of (stuck) document in hand to justify the accusations.

Gholam Reza Jalali (Ynet News)

Interestingly, according to Ynet News, this is not the first time any Iranian official has blamed other countries for the drought. Apparently a few years ago, then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on to say that several European nations would be using a contraption to force the clouds to "pour" their rain into Europe rather than Asia.

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