Iran Grapples With Winter Gas Shortages Despite Having World’s Second Largest Gas Reserves

Iran Grapples With Winter Gas Shortages Despite Having World’s Second Largest Gas Reserves
Iranians enjoy a walk in a park during snowfall in the capital Tehran on Jan. 15, 2023. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
Shahrzad Ghanei
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For the past month, Iranian officials have been struggling with gas shortages and outages in the north and other parts of the country, where demand for energy is at high records due to unusually cold weather.

Iran, which has the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves, is struggling to meet domestic demand, especially in winter months when energy consumption rises to its highest levels.