TEHRAN - Government offices in Iran are closed or operating at reduced hours. Schools and colleges have moved to online learning only. Highways and shopping malls have descended into darkness, and industrial plants have been denied power, bringing manufacturing to a near halt.
Although Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world, it is in a full-blown energy crisis that can be attributed to years of sanctions, mismanagement, ageing infrastructure, wasteful consumption, and targeted attacks by Israel.
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