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Kian Sharifi

5 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read

While Iranians are no strangers to unplanned blackouts, this year has been particularly bad as unscheduled outages have become far more frequent.

The only trending hashtag today in #Iran is "power cut" in Persian. One video purportedly shows an ICU without power.

#قطعی_برق

Hardliners blame the blackouts on the JCPOA – for allegedly limiting nuclear power generation – & the Paris climate accord – for ostensibly preventing Iran from building power plants.

Iran hasn't ratified the climate agreement & the JCPOA allows peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The gov't insists that drought has hindered hydroelectric energy generation, while high temperatures & the illegal mining of cryptocurrency have increased power consumption far beyond the national grid's capacity.

Consumption is reportedly 11,000 MW above the grid's capacity.

People across Iran have reported multiple blackouts lasting for hours every day.

To make matters worse, some have reported water outages. Iran's water company says the situation in 101 cities is critical.

isna.ir/news/140004130…

The drought isn't only affecting people, but wildlife as well. This picture from last week shows a herd of water buffaloes crossing what's supposed to be the Hur al-Azim Wetland in Khuzestan Province.

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Like other armies around the world, he said, Iran's Army "doesn't believe in publicising everything it does" because it would risk exposing "national security capabilities".

"We're not a refrigerator manufacturer," he said, prompting the interviewers to smile. (00:27)

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