Ahmadinejad’s Govt Low on Gas Supplies, as Iran Shivers
February 2, 2008 by pulkit
Iran is a leading exporter of natural gas- with copious gas reserves - but the government has still managed to deprive thousand of Iranians of it when they need it most: during one of the coldest winters the country has experienced in recent times. The winter season in Iran can be usually quite unforgiving. Also the residents of Tehran, the country’s capital, are left to shiver in the cold due to constant nocturnal powercuts (read blackout) that last for hours.
Many Iranians see it is a clear sign of Iran’s tottering economy. They want the government to focus on economic development rather than anti-western rhetoric for a change. The current gas drought is a national ignominy for the gas-rich country and flays the apocryphal rhetoric of the Mullah regime.
The heating crisis in this oil-exporting nation is adding to Iranians’ increasing awareness of the contrast between their growing influence abroad and frailty at home, according to government officials, diplomats and political analysts interviewed here. [source]
