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Electricity cuts, lack of fuel make life tough for Iranians
Iranians are grappling with daily power blackouts, lonq queues at petrol stations and warnings of water cuts, while the situation could worsen if the international community imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear drive."I have spent at least two hours at the bank because the computer system was not functioning because of the power cut," said Massoud, a 65-year-old retired man who went to cash his pension cheque. Power blackouts have become daily fare for Iranians in the capital Tehran and other cities since the start of the summer, with electricity cut between two to four hours each day. "Every day between one in the afternoon and until three, we have no electricity," says Farhad Mahmoudzadeh, a dentist who is forced to stop work during these hours. "I will buy a power generator as in time of war," he said referring to the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq conflict when Iran faced crippling electricity cuts. Posted by: 3dc 2008-07-26 |
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