Not that surprising, the whole world is facing droughts and Iran's doesn't have that much farmland anyways, it's very mountainous and some desert terrain in the east so. Atleast Iran has more than enough resources and funding to buy wheat for its people.
Iran faces second year of big wheat imports after drought, says grain union
Iran will need to import at least 7 million tonnes of wheat in the year to March 2023, marking a second year of high imports as drought continues to affect domestic production, the chairman of Iran's Grain Union said on Tuesday.t.co