Brief Clerical regime’s muddled economic condition Effects of international sanctions gradually show up, Crisis of Electricity; intensive pressure on Iran’s industry Continuous cut in electricity is not only putting pressure on residents of the country but also is a pain in the neck for the industry in some provinces especially in Tehran. Different fields of industry are daily facing billions of tomans of damages. As the weather heats up and there is more consumption of energy the Ministry of Industry has decided to cut electricity for some hours during the day. But this decision has meant billions of tomans of loss for industry at Tehran Province especially in industrial townships at south, east and west of this province. The cut in electricity which has gradually started from the last days of June has escalated during last week. Some industrial townships of Tehran Province are suffering an eight-hours daily cut in electricity during morning and early afternoon. Also sudden cut in electricity has caused great many problems including damaging the appliances and machinery, corruption of raw material, air pollution, closure of production lines and making workers jobless, corruption of products at the point of transfer amongst the production lines and thus imposing billions of tomans of loss on the industry. Another field suffering from this phenomenon is export industry of Iran. The industry that has scheduled its daily production to be able to export goods at the scheduled time is facing problems and is suffering a great loss. In an interview with Mehr state-run news agency an industrial activist said: “we are not having electricity daily from 11 am till six pm and some times more and without former notice”. “The damage imposed on some of industries is few million tomans each hour and in some cases few hundred million tomans for each hour and it is not clear who is responsible for such damage.” He pointed that products in molding industry melt without electricity and added: “in many cases and during the current week as the electricity was cut the products have remained in kilns and melted and sometimes the kilns were harmed and became out of order.” “Industries producing glasses, taps, petrochemicals, plastics, shoes, dishes and food in Iran’s industrial townships have suffered a great damage because of continuous cut in electricity which is not even in compliance with the table of timing given and because the government has given false promises. In addition to all these problems the banking operations of industries in banks located in these townships are facing problems. Owners and employees of different industries have not been able to handle the smallest banking affairs and transfer of funds needed. Another problem caused by cut in electricity in industrial townships targets workers and their families especially their kids who live in these townships because of heat and polluted air and cut in water.” The activist continues: “the managers of industrial townships and the authorities responsible for all these townships have not been able so far to do something for solving this crisis.” The mentioned cases expressed by activists in industrial townships come at a time when the deputy of Minister of Industry and Mines has announced an agreement with Ministry of Power according to which the industrial townships throughout country will not face any more electricity cut”. (another deception of Ahmadinejad’s government). - (Jomhori Islami daily July 18) Students Committee in Iran (Supporters of PMOI) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iran-Students-Committee/222864894745?ref=ts Iranstudentscommittee.blospot.com Facebook Profile: Sarzamin Pak