The Iranian American friend's story seems plausible if iranwire is reliable [1][2] Google translate from the mehr article suggests it's sewage, not just storm

The Iranian American friend's story seems plausible if iranwire is reliable [1][2] Google translate from the mehr article suggests it's sewage, not just storm water. > Siavash Mahmoudi pointed out that municipal open streams are built with the purpose of disposing of surface water and rainfall, and continued: Currently, these open streams are used as sewage disposal networks; But it could be a bad translation. [1] https://iranwire.com/en/iran/70976/ https://iranwire.com/en/iran/70976/ [2] https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5374817/ https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5374817/