Anger at frequent power cuts is spilling onto the streets of Iraq as summer temperatures soar.
Experts say Iraq needs about 30,000 megawatts a day to overcome this crisis.
Protesters are blaming consecutive authorities for failing not only to create more power-generating projects but also to protect existing power installations.
Power facilities have been frequently attacked - tens of sabotage operations have been reported since the beginning of this year.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi blamed his predecessors and said Iraq should diversify its resources to operate power plants instead of relying on gas from Iran.

Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Baghdad, Iraq.

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