US Strikes Trigger Power Outages, Fuel and Water Shortages Across Iran

🏭 TEHRAN — Iran's civilian economy is breaking down, but the war machine hasn't stopped. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Infrastructure strikes degrading power, water, and fuel simultaneously shift Iran's calculus from military to regime survival. A population under blackout and fuel scarcity creates internal pressure Tehran can't bomb away. But historically, sanctions and strikes harden hardliner control. The variable: whether economic breakdown accelerates a deal or collapses the moderates needed to make one.