While the officials of the Electricity Authority in Iran stated that the reason for the widespread, unannounced and long blackout last night was the decommissioning of two power plants, the citizens today (Sunday, July 4) continue to report frequent blackouts. Iran Water and Sewerage Company also warned about the water situation and said that 101 cities are in the red water supply situation.
Last night (Saturday, July 4), electricity was cut off in large areas of Tehran and Karaj without prior notice, and blackouts continued for several hours this morning. Power outages have been reported in some areas from 11pm to 5am.
Except for Tehran and Alborz, users of social networks from different parts of Iran, including Ahvaz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Kermanshah, Karaj, Semnan, Zabol, reported widespread power outages.
As the blackouts continued on Sunday night, some social media users posted pictures showing citizens gathering in front of the East Tehran Electricity Authority and some other parts of the country in several cities in Golestan and Kazerun provinces in Fars province.
In some of the published images from one of the said areas located in the east of Tehran, the slogans "Death to Khamenei" and "Death to the dictator" are heard.
Ramin Faraj, head of the Alborz Electricity Distribution Company, said that two power plants in the Tehran and Alborz provinces had been shut down due to high consumption.
He said they were forced to increase power outages under a "national order" and confirmed that the power outage was out of schedule.
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"Given that the conditions for electricity generation in Iran are not stable, he cannot promise people that blackouts will no longer occur off-schedule," said the electricity official.
Mustafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a spokesman for the electricity industry, called the cause of the power outage for more than five hours in some provinces "an accident" and told reporters: "If there is a blackout due to an accident, it is not possible to inform in advance."
Mr. Rajabi Mashhadi did not elaborate further on what the "incident" was.
Mohammad Hassan Motavilizadeh, CEO of Tavanir Company, also called the electricity situation in the next month "emergency".
Mr. Motavalizadeh described the cause of the sudden and unannounced blackouts in the last two days as "problems in the electricity network" and said that the blackouts were supposed to be according to the tables.
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Red status of water supply in 101 cities of Iran
Hamidreza Janbaz, CEO of Iran Water and Sewerage Company, says that currently "out of 304 cities exposed to water stress, 101 cities in Iran are in the red water supply situation."
Mr. Janbaz announced an increase in the number of villages that are supplied with water by mobile tanker and said: "It is predicted that water will be supplied to about 8,000 villages through mobile water supply this year, which was equal to 5,500 villages last year."
He denied the issue of water vouchers, saying "they have not yet reached the voucher status".
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According to the official of Iran Water and Sewerage Company, the amount of water inflow from dams in the current water year has decreased by 60% compared to the average of last year, and unfortunately the volume of water in dams has decreased by 34%.
He attributed the problem to reduced rainfall, increased consumption and premature heat, and said that in central Iran, air conditioners account for about 11 percent of water consumption.
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