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Bitcoin, Blackouts and Smog Are Exacerbating Iran’s Virus Woes
- Government accused of using fuel oil in power generation
- Bitcoin farms seen as compounding strain on electricity supply
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Cities across Iran have been cloaked in thick layers of toxic smog and darkened by blackouts, as the alleged use of low-quality fuel and power-sucking cryptocurrency mining deepen the country’s hardships.
Tehran’s Hamshahri newspaper, the country’s most-read daily, ran the headline, “20 Days Living in Smoke,” on Wednesday over a photo of the capital covered in smog.