I'm an Iranian and this is true indeed. Electricity is not cheap in Iran but people either have connection to the government or they just steal electricity. Min

I'm an Iranian and this is true indeed. Electricity is not cheap in Iran but people either have connection to the government or they just steal electricity. Mining doesn't require huge internet bandwidth. Many many people and companies mine various coins. Recently however, after increase in price of cryptocurrencies, the government has seen mining as mean to evade the sanctions after fall of the nuclear deal and it explains the constant electricity outages.