As my (non-Persian) Grandmother used to say, "If it's not one tham ding it's another."
First your Hamas proxy gets trashed, down one side of Gaza and up the other.
Then your Hezbollah proxy gets trashed, with some 4000 of the surviving members blinded in one or both eyes as the result of the exploding pagers.
Then your Syrian proxy gets trashed faster than the Taliban moved on Kabul.
And now this. From Daily Sabah, December 16:
Iran shuts offices, schools amid cold snap, energy shortage
Iran announced on Sunday the closure of schools and offices in many provinces across the country due to a cold snap and energy shortages, which in recent weeks prompted the rationing of electricity, state media reported.
Iran is an energy giant with the world's second-largest reserves of natural gas, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
But the country has been forced to ration electricity in recent weeks due to a lack of gas and fuel to feed its power plants.
Schools and public offices were closed down in the northern provinces of Gilan, Golestan, Ardabil as well as Alborz, west of the capital Tehran, "due to the cold weather and to manage fuel consumption," official news agency IRNA said.
It reported that similar decisions were taken due to the cold in several other provinces, including Tehran and Mazandaran in the north, Kermanshah in the west, Ghazvin in the center and South Khorasan in the east.
In recent days, unexpected power cuts have affected several provinces as well as the capital, Tehran, leading to frustration among the citizens.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged citizens on Thursday to use "two degrees less" heating to save energy, which has already become a campaign promoted by his government....
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And from AFP via France24, December 17:
Tehran malls close early to save energy: media
Malls and shopping centres in Iran's capital will limit opening hours starting Tuesday, closing two hours earlier to tackle severe energy shortages, local media said....
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