مستند «لبه خاموشی» | روایتی تکان‌ دهنده از بحران انرژی و آینده ایران

This documentary is free to watch; but the creation of independent and investigative narratives cannot continue without the direct support of the audience. If after watching “The Edge of Blackout” you feel that this path is worth continuing, you can support the creation of future independent documentaries by purchasing an optional ticket. 🎟 Purchase optional tickets from the Independent Narrative website: https://revayatmostaghel.ir/ “The Edge of Blackout” begins with a simple but strange paradox: How can a country that sits on one of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves face more and more power outages, gas shortages, and energy supply crises every year? To make this documentary, we spent several months researching Iran’s energy crisis and talking to electricity and gas industry managers, economists, researchers, industry owners, and those directly involved in the blackouts. We went from a small livestock farm to one of the country’s largest factories to understand what goes on behind the daily power and gas outages and what path has brought Iran to where it is today. “The Edge of Blackout” is an attempt to see beyond the scattered news; a narrative about the imbalance of electricity and gas, energy consumption, hidden subsidies, the deterioration of infrastructure, and the decisions that have affected daily life and the future of Iran’s economy. ----- Director: Sadra Alibek Narrator: Hossein Mirzaei Campaign Production: Armin Haghighat Research: Ali Akhundi, Reza Yaghoubi Assistant Director: Niloufar Jafari Director of Photography: Mohsen Goodarzi Assistant Cinematographer: Sajjad Alibek Illustrator: Parsa Khadish Graphic Designer: Mojtaba Farahbakhsh ----- 00:00 Life on the Edge of Blackout 08:06 The Roots of Iran’s Electricity and Gas Crisis 13:28 Where Does All This Energy Go? 20:10 The Worn-out Network and the Failure of the Culture of Saving 23:06 Energy Prices; The Hidden Roots of the Crisis 29:07 How Cheap Energy Worn Out Industry? 33:45 The Strange Economics of Almost Free Energy 37:04 From Fuel Smuggling to Bitcoin Mining 40:00 Why Saving Doesn’t Make Economic Sense? 45:52 How Much Is a Hidden Subsidy Really? 50:30 War and the Beginning of a Composite Imbalance 53:16 The Stabilization Plan and the Beginning of the Crisis 1:03:29 The Purposefulness of Subsidies and a Missed Opportunity 1:08:34 November 2019 and the Beginning of an Era of Indecision 1:11:30 Dollar Income and a Vicious Cycle 1:16:15 Two Futures Ahead of Iran 1:19:40 Iran’s Dream in 1415 1:22:17 The Way Out of the Energy Deadlock 1:27:50 The Energy Market and Income from Savings 1:34:03 Energy Must Return to Its Owners