Businesses and homes alike in the Iranian city of Tehran—along with several other cities—are in the dark—and in the cold–on Monday, the spokesman for the Iran Electrical Power Industry, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, said on Monday while the country runs short of natural gas, according to RadioFarda . The cause of the blackouts are unknown and have led to speculation. When power cuts make the rounds in Iran, it’s not often that it happens during the cold winter months. Tehran, too, is rarely included in power cuts or blackouts when they happen, because of security reasons. But Tehran is not exempt this time around. The emergency power cuts, which were not announced ahead of time, will be for two hours per day and will be carried out in the big cities, unless domestic gas use is cut by 10%. The power outages, along with being atypical for this time of […]