Considering the very different situations of these countries, especially after the Iranian Revolution, it’s very strange a person in 1970 predicting no substantial divergence in per capita electricity consumption between these two countries for forty years would have been dead right.
Very interesting and surprising graph, thinking about that Iran has suffered an 8 year long war with Iraq, and 35 years of sanctions. Because of the sanctions it has to be a big problem for Iran to build power plants.
Since you are a Christian and this article covers Iran, maybe you are interested in these surprising posts about Christians in Iran (many photos also from Assyrian Christians ):
http://theotheriran.com/tag/christians/
Whoa, whoa, whoa; I am no Christian. I am an atheist, as is made clear by my Gravatar description and About page. I am aware that Iran, unlike Saudi Arabia, allows Jews to permanently reside in its territory, as well. The only Iranian blogger I read regularly is
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/
Hi sorry for misjudging you, and thank you for your comment. I myself am a non religious person.
About Jewish people in Iran, it is not only residing, they can freely practice their religion, they have their synagogues, as it should be:
http://theotheriran.com/tag/jews/
Iranians have not the attitude of imposing their religion on others. The role model for us is her Cyrus the Great, who did not force anyone to any religion.
Actually the effect that our current hard line regime had on the Iranian public, is that the youth, and this is the majority of the people, has moved more and more towards atheism.
Thanks again