{"id":330362,"date":"2025-04-10T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=330362"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:20:01","slug":"power-water-and-economic-crises-in-iran-escalate-into-national-security-threats-regime-insiders-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/power-water-and-economic-crises-in-iran-escalate-into-national-security-threats-regime-insiders-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Power, Water, and Economic Crises in Iran Escalate into National Security Threats, Regime Insiders Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_330363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330363\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828.jpg\" alt=\"AI-generated image depicting a darkened high-voltage power grid amid widespread electricity shortages in Iran\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828-743x420.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fotor-ai-20250410141828-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AI-generated image depicting a darkened high-voltage power grid amid widespread electricity shortages in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"160\" data-end=\"586\">Iran is facing a multifaceted internal collapse as critical infrastructure buckles under years of mismanagement, corruption, and misplaced priorities by the ruling clerical regime. From rolling blackouts and agricultural ruin to the intensifying water crisis and systemic economic corruption, the Islamic Republic\u2019s negligence is fueling widespread discontent that analysts warn is laying the groundwork for inevitable unrest.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"624\">Power Grid at the Breaking Point<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"1033\">One of the most immediate threats facing Iran is the country\u2019s deteriorating power grid. Mohammad Hossein Didban, a state-affiliated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armanmeli.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-4\/1164399-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy expert, warned<\/a> that Iran is facing a &#8220;32,000-megawatt electricity shortfall&#8221;, equivalent to 45 percent of the national power grid\u2019s total capacity. He further projected that the power crisis in 2025 will be significantly worse than in previous years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1533\">The state-run Javan newspaper, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javanonline.ir\/fa\/news\/1290032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted on April 7<\/a> that electricity shortages have moved beyond a mere nuisance, stating: \u201cBlackouts have become a fundamental crisis impacting the economy, industry, and even national security.\u201d The same report estimated that industries in Iran lost over 44 trillion tomans in 2024 due to power outages, a level of disruption that has choked job creation and destroyed local production capacities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Economic Crisis: Built to Break, Bound to Burn<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1ZwyHDI1Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/a1ZwyHDI1Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1909878427097637208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1535\" data-end=\"1792\">Parliamentary representatives are openly voicing alarm. On April 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vuW75eBHjXw?t=125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP Ali Kord<\/a> from Sistan and Baluchestan described the blackout situation as dire: \u201cPower cuts have broken the backs of the people. It\u2019s the end of comfort, livelihood, and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"2029\">Another lawmaker, Behnam Saeedi from Kerman, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vuW75eBHjXw?t=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> that the electricity outages are crippling the agricultural sector: \u201cCutting power in farming areas means destroying crops. Farmers have no fuel, no water, no electricity\u2014only losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2074\">Water Crisis Driven by State Corruption<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2076\" data-end=\"2515\">Alongside power outages, Iran is enduring a worsening water crisis exacerbated by corrupt practices and environmental destruction. Academic expert Mohammad-Hassan <a href=\"https:\/\/armandaily.ir\/%D9%BE%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%A8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paplizadeh described the situation bluntly<\/a>: \u201cA sophisticated mafia controls Iran\u2019s water economy. Their profits come from consumption, not conservation. Only 3 percent of the Energy Ministry\u2019s budget is allocated to groundwater, while 97 percent targets surface water.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: State Officials Voice Fear Over Economic Collapse, International Isolation, and Domestic Unrest<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLNMZJ72ok\">https:\/\/t.co\/mLNMZJ72ok<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1906283737500831760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2517\" data-end=\"2909\">In Khuzestan, already devastated by decades of regime-led environmental degradation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilna.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-3\/1619654-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%87%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP Mohammad Amir warned<\/a> that a secretive water transfer project from the Karun River is set to destroy the province\u2019s ecosystem and threaten national food security. The decision, taken in the final days of 1403 (March 2025), was made \u201cwithout Khuzestan\u2019s participation or environmental clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-255\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7ed26cad-dd53-4bce-b4df-e722289026ca\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"328\">These top-down decisions\u2014often concealed from public view\u2014reveal the regime\u2019s prioritization of politically motivated engineering schemes over public welfare. Even when state-affiliated experts or lawmakers speak out, their concern stems not from empathy for the people but from fear of the backlash such policies could provoke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3145\" data-end=\"3180\">The Economic Engine of Collapse<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3182\" data-end=\"3531\">Beyond infrastructure, Iran\u2019s economy remains paralyzed by structural imbalance and entrenched corruption. Renowned regime economist <a href=\"https:\/\/hammihanonline.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-5\/35336-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masoud Nili offered a grim forecast<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve reached an extremely dangerous point. As long as our economy remains command-driven and imbalanced, it\u2019s unclear whether we\u2019ll still be sitting here a year from now.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Economic Collapse and Social Unrest Looming in 2025<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zN1eMj0Spm\">https:\/\/t.co\/zN1eMj0Spm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1902058972779356298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3533\" data-end=\"4134\">Nowhere is that imbalance more apparent than in Iran\u2019s currency and export sector, which has become a playground for state-linked mafias. MP Mohsen Zangeneh, deputy chair of the regime&#8217;s budget committee, revealed on April 9 that state-run and semi-state corporations are hoarding billions in export revenues. Despite public claims of foreign currency shortages, these companies refuse to repatriate their export earnings, particularly in the metals and petrochemical sectors, where noncompliance with currency return obligations jumped by 80% and 30-40% respectively in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4136\" data-end=\"4371\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranntv.com\/950411-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%86%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C--\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zangeneh&#8217;s admission<\/a> exposes how Iran\u2019s economic collapse is not due to sanctions alone but is rooted in systemic theft by regime insiders, who profit from currency speculation while inflation and poverty ravage the population.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4373\" data-end=\"4396\">Society on the Edge<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4398\" data-end=\"4802\">From rising food prices and abandoned harvests to failing electric grids and a shrinking water supply, the Iranian people are absorbing the full cost of the regime\u2019s incompetence and corruption. In South Kerman, farmers are watching their produce rot due to low prices and a lack of buyers. \u201cCucumbers and onions are selling for 4,000 tomans. Is that worth harvesting?\u201d Saeedi asked on the Majlis floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Regime\u2019s Fear Mounts as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Officials Warn of Economic Collapse and Public Outrage<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eYd3ctUroe\">https:\/\/t.co\/eYd3ctUroe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1860681023131992173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4804\" data-end=\"5090\">Meanwhile, citizens in Sistan and Baluchestan are being forced to live without refrigeration or air conditioning, and rural farmers lack diesel fuel to run their tractors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.javanonline.ir\/fa\/news\/1290032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As <em data-start=\"4979\" data-end=\"4986\">Javan<\/em> warned<\/a>, the blackout crisis is no longer just an economic burden but an issue of national security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5092\" data-end=\"5430\">The clerical regime&#8217;s obsession with regional power projection, drone production, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/irans-clerical-regime-rattled-by-internal-splits-and-nuclear-escalation-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuclear brinkmanship<\/a> comes at the direct expense of its own people\u2019s basic needs. Rather than investing in infrastructure, the regime props up proxy wars, suppresses dissent, and enriches its inner circle through shadowy monopolies and export cartels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5432\" data-end=\"5878\">But this foundation is unsustainable. With its economic engine collapsing, water reserves vanishing, and the energy sector imploding, the regime is facing a convergence of crises that could ignite a new wave of public unrest, more volatile and explosive than any before. As history has repeatedly shown in Iran, when livelihoods become untenable and hope is extinguished, the demand for regime change becomes a force no longer containable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read Iran is facing a multifaceted internal collapse as critical infrastructure buckles under years of mismanagement, corruption, and misplaced priorities by the ruling clerical regime. 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