{"id":235149,"date":"2021-02-19T13:40:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T18:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235149"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:11:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:11:44","slug":"iran-reasons-for-power-outages-and-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-reasons-for-power-outages-and-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Reasons for Power Outages and Air Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran is among the wealthiest countries globally in terms of natural resources such as oil and gas. Iran has 18% of the world\u2019s natural gas and produces 5% of the world\u2019s natural gas. It also exports gas to its neighboring countries. Yet under the mullahs\u2019 regime, Iranians have to experience constant power outages which the regime blames on lack of gas for power plants.<\/p>\n

While Iranians suffer power outages and blackouts especially in winter, the regime\u2019s authorities make contradictory remarks and try to cover up the real reason behind these crises.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s state-run media have been reporting constant power outages across Iran.<\/h3>\n

At around 6 o’clock on January 2, some reports indicated a widespread power outage in Tehran. Then, on January 12, eight provinces witnessed widespread and serial blackouts. The blackouts extended to seven other provinces, namely Gilan, Alborz, Central Khorasan, Mashhad, Markazi, Semnan, Qom and Ardabil.<\/p>\n

Statements by regime officials and the manner of blackouts in the different provinces show that the power outage was carried out according to a schedule, although the blackout schedule had not been made public.<\/p>\n

In the very first hours, the spokesman of the electricity industry, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, said that the blackouts in the metropolises were due to the lack of fuel for the power plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the households’ high usage of gas in winter, there is difficulty in providing gas fuel to power plants. This limitation in providing gas has caused the power plants to be unable to produce electricity. Thus, there have been blackouts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speculation as to why there were widespread blackouts in various cities continued. According to the state-run Donyaye Eghtesad daily on January 13, Tavanir, which is in charge of Iran’s electricity industry, confirmed the power supply restrictions to power plants in an official statement and called this the reason for the blackouts. The company said that due to increased electricity and gas consumption in the domestic and commercial sectors and limited fuel delivery to a number of power plants, scattered blackouts have been applied in some areas.<\/p>\n

All the while, the regime does not use Iran\u2019s natural gas for power plants. Power plants are using fuel oil, a highly polluting substance, which has created deadly air pollution in Iran amid the Covid-19 crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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