The cold wave is intensifying the severe energy crisis in Iran. In a video he published last week, the Iranian president calls on residents to reduce the heating in their homes by at least two degrees, due to the difficulty in supplying electricity to homes. General power outages have become more frequent and schools are closing earlier/not opening at all.
How is it that Iran, a natural resources powerhouse in the energy sector, is unable to provide electricity to its residents?
For decades, the regime neglected the electricity infrastructure (and, for example, invested $30 billion in promoting terrorism in Syria), and now that demand is rising, the networks are unable to cope with the load and are collapsing.
Particularly embarrassing... the energy powerhouse ran out of energy...
The cold wave is intensifying the severe energy crisis in Iran. In a video he published last week, the Iranian president calls on residents to reduce the heating in their homes by at least two degrees, due to the difficulty in supplying electricity to homes. General power outages have become more frequent and schools are closing earlier/not opening at all.
How is it that Iran, a natural resources powerhouse in the energy sector, is unable to provide electricity to its residents?
For decades, the regime neglected the electricity infrastructure (and, for example, invested $30 billion in promoting terrorism in Syria), and now that demand is rising, the networks are unable to cope with the load and are collapsing.
Particularly embarrassing... the energy powerhouse ran out of energy...
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