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Source: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202608057267
Iranians Suffer from Chronic Energy and Water Crisis
(Iran International) Sogand Sara Fakheri - Reports from across Iran describe daily electricity cuts lasting for hours alongside recurring water shortages. In Boumehen, east of Tehran, residents reportedly received running water on only two days during one week, and even then for only a few hours. In Pardis, a resident of a 14-story building said a four-hour power cut left the elevators out of service. In Ilam, power cuts lasted as long as four hours while temperatures reached 46 degrees Celsius. A country with some of the world's largest oil and natural gas reserves cannot guarantee electricity to its own population. Factories lose production hours, small businesses lose income, food and medicine spoil, and families organize their days around outage schedules that are not always accurate. The writer heads the Iran desk at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.