Ali-Mohammad Abouei, chairman of the board of the Iranian regime’s Steel Rolling Association, criticized the governance of the Iranian regime and stated that there is a possibility of a complete power outage for industries in the coming days.
According to the state-run Eghtesad Online website, Ali-Mohammad Abouei emphasized, “I have no good news for steel industry activists. There are reports from the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and the Ministry of Interior indicating that orders have been issued to completely cut off power to industries.”
Abouei, sarcastically pointing out the contradictory behavior of the Minister of Energy, said, “When Mr. Ali-Abadi was Minister of Industry and Mines, he used to say that industrialists could legally sue the Ministry of Energy for damages caused by power outages, and now he himself is the Minister of Energy.”
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According to reports, Jahanbakhsh Shokri, head of the House of Industry, Mine, and Trade in Kermanshah, stated, “In the past 10 months, industries, especially steel industries, have operated for less than three months.”
Shokri added that the industry is on the verge of bankruptcy, and all industrialists are barely managing to keep going under dire financial strain.
The shutdown of industrial gas supplies and the halt in production in Iran have led to widespread protests from industry owners. The restrictions on electricity and gas supply have reached such a critical point that the Tejarat News website reported on December 18, 2024: “The shortage of electricity has created numerous problems for industries. Industrial parks, which in previous years experienced power outages in summer and gas shortages in winter, are now facing both simultaneously. This situation has led to the complete shutdown of these industrial zones, and inside the production halls, no sound is heard except the cawing of crows.”
