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Tue 07 Jul 2010Iran shuts down in apparent bid to save electricity
IRAN’S GOVERNMENT has shut down for two days, with all civil servants and public sector workers staying at home for an unexpected holiday, in a move apparently designed to save electricity.
The state is the biggest employer in the country, with about 2.2 million full-time staff. Officially, the reason given for the closure was an “unprecedented” level of midsummer heat.
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