From hospitals to amusement parks, Iranians
grapple with surprise power outages
Posted By: IowaDad, 6/3/2021 7:01:38 AM
Lifts and amusement park rides grinding to a halt, businesses, and employees left in the dark, hospital equipment stopping suddenly … People around Iran have been experiencing regular power outages since the beginning of May. While the state energy distributor has tried to schedule these outages to align with energy demands, our Observers tell us that power cuts have been more frequent, and lengthier, than planned. Iranians have been reporting daily, prolonged power cuts since early May, leading to widespread inconveniences and dangerous consequences
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Kinda funny that a nation that is a major oil exporter doesn't have enough energy to power its own electricity generators. But not so funny when we realize that this is the destiny that Biden is driving us toward.