Are you better off than five years ago? Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 8 Jul 2008 Summary: After more than 5 years under U.S. occupation, Baghdad residents can now count on only an hour of electricity a day while they received 16 to 24 hours under Saddam?s rule despite severe economic U.N. sanctions of the kind that are now being increasingly imposed on Iran. Ironically, little electricity that the Iraqis are generating is being supplemented by Iran. source: CASMIIread more