{"id":290635,"date":"2021-07-02T21:04:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/iraqis-protest-over-power-water-cuts-amid-heat-wave\/"},"modified":"2021-07-02T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T18:04:05","slug":"iraqis-protest-over-power-water-cuts-amid-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iraqis-protest-over-power-water-cuts-amid-heat-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BAGHDAD \u2013 Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius in some parts of Iraq.<\/p>\n

At Friday prayer in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, men sweated and prayed under parasols, then held a\u00a0protest\u00a0criticizing the government for not providing its citizens with enough electricity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just getting worse. We can take\u00a0power\u00a0cuts, even 10 hours of\u00a0cuts\u00a0a day, but just give us something,\u201d said Haider Hussein, a 32-year-old laborer.<\/p>\n

Power\u00a0went out completely across most of the country\u2019s provinces before dawn, residents said, in some of the worst shortages this year. Some main grid electricity had returned to Baghdad by the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The sky\u00a0over\u00a0Baghdad, where residents enjoy better supply than poorer southern parts of Iraq, clouded with smog after sunrise as homes ran their diesel-fueled generators for much longer periods than usual.<\/p>\n

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Supporters of Iraqi Shi\u2019ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in Baghdad\u2019s Sadr City, Iraq July 2, 2021. <\/figcaption>
Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Power\u00a0from Iraq\u2019s main grid suffers year-round from hours-long\u00a0cuts\u00a0each day, but the shortages worsen during the hot summer months when temperatures regularly reach 50 degrees and households rely on air conditioning.<\/p>\n

Iraqis\u00a0blame a government which relies on energy imports from Iran and which they say has failed to develop Iraq\u2019s own grid to serve its population. Iraq\u2019s electricity minister resigned this week under pressure\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0power\u00a0crisis, local media<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Haider al-Saidi, a 52-year-old tribal leader\u00a0protesting in Sadr City, blamed the political class that has ruled Iraq since the\u00a0overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom that regime to this one, still we don\u2019t have enough electricity. What has democracy brought? It just goes from bad to worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Supporters of Iraqi Shi\u2019ite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest over frequent electricity cuts after Friday prayers in Baghdad\u2019s Sadr City, Iraq July 2, 2021. <\/figcaption>
Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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