Mysterious Blackouts Hit Seven Major Cities in Iran Sunday

Published May 20th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The Associated Press reported that mysterious power outages hit Tehran and six other large Iranian cities at the same time on Sunday afternoon.  

Every one of the cities affected - Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz, Kermanshah, Qazvin and Hamedan - is a provincial capital. Teran is also the national capital, said the agency’s report as published on abcnews.com. 

In Tehran, the agency said that electric buses came to a halt, and passengers were stranded when the single underground subway line also lost power.  

Tehran radio said experts were working to restore power. Calls by the Associated Press to the power company and other government agencies went unanswered, said the report – Albawaba.com 

 

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