As several Iranian cities were hit by power outages that led to protests, Iranian officials have scrambled to take action and assign blame.
At a cabinet meeting July 7, President Hassan Rouhani talked about the energy needs of the country and plans to increase its energy output through infrastructure investment. However, he said that due to the sanctions that former US President Donald Trump put on Iran, the $4.5 billion in investment that was ready for the energy sector never materialized. He never clarified where the money was supposed to come from.
