“Iranians suffering power cuts wonder where the money went” was the title to a Financial Times article (August 11, 2008), stating:

Supply switched off two hours each day. For Iranians, recent electricity cuts are a reminder of the severe energy shortages they endured for almost a decade after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Electrical experts say international sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program have contributed to the problem by making the investment outlook bleak.

 Iran’s electrical shortage has a good reason for its nuclear power plants. In addition, countries throughout the world have been building nuclear power plants. In 2008, there were over 400 nuclear power plants in operation. Very few countries do not have any.

 But to placate Israel, US politicians have threatened to start a war with Iran to prevent that country from exercising its sovereign right to have a nuclear power generating plant to add to the 400-plus already operating throughout the world.