Reports indicate power outages in several locations where the university entrance exam is being held in Ahvaz—at temperatures of 50 degrees. Candidates say they have lost their focus.

In this regard, “Sina Ganbarpour,” an IranWire colleague, points to power outage problems in the south and says, “Southerners have never been, and are not, a priority for the Islamic Republic.”

This interview was fully aired in the IranWire news segment on Saturday, 31 Mordad.