在过去两年中，伊朗当局关闭了大约 6,914 家未注册的加密公司。
今年 6 月 22 日，即伊朗 Tir 月的开始，伊斯兰共和国的授权加密货币采矿厂将被要求断开其耗能大的铸币设备。
自 2020 年以来，当德黑兰主要电力公司的管理层开始指责加密货币挖矿导致该国能源供应紧张时，政府开始严厉打击非法加密货币挖矿。
尽管意识到加密货币作为规避贸易禁运手段的潜力，但当地官员仍在限制加密货币开采，以减轻该国电网的负担。
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在没有足够文件的情况下，加密操作消耗了大约 645 兆瓦的电力。政府估计，这个数字相当于国内三个地区的年消费量。
官员们报告说，过去几年已经查获了数以千计的非法采矿设备。 2012 年 5 月，政府征召情报部长追捕非法矿工。帮助找到非法农场的线人获得了 2 亿里亚尔（约合 900 美元）的奖金。
据报道，伊朗当局在去年 9 月缴获了超过 220,000 件采矿设备，并关闭了 6,000 多个采矿作业。图片：雅虎财经。
在接受伊朗国家电视台采访时，该国电力行业发言人穆斯塔法·拉贾比·马什哈迪 (Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi) 表示，由于预计电力需求会出现季节性增长，伊朗所有 118 个经过授权的加密采矿设施的能源将于 6 月 22 日关闭。
随着用电量接近 63,000 兆瓦，马什哈迪还警告说，未来几天电力短缺可能会恶化。
2019 年，伊朗批准将加密货币挖矿列为工业行业。此后，多家公司申请了许可证并开始铸造数字货币，利用伊朗发电厂提供的廉价能源。
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很长一段时间以来，人们一直在考虑并使用加密货币来逃避国际制裁。美国对伊朗施加了广泛的限制，有效地阻止了它进入国际银行业。
据报道，去年 9 月，伊朗政府扣押了超过 220,000 件挖矿设备，并关闭了大约 6,000 个挖矿设施。六个月后，又有 900 台比特币挖矿设备被添加到列表中。
区块链分析公司 Elliptic 在 2021 年 5 月报告说，大约 4.5% 的加密货币开采发生在伊朗。根据剑桥替代金融中心的数据，截至今年 1 月，交易量已降至 0.12%。
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