Electricity

Iran's Energy min.:

Iran’s export of electricity to Turkey to be put on agenda

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – With the coordination made with the Turkish Ministry of Energy, Iran’s export of electricity to neighboring Turkey will start soon upon the installing and commissioning relevant facilities, Ali Akbar Mehrabian said on Friday.
2022-09-24 16:30
California declares state of "energy emergency": report

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – California electric grid operators declared an energy emergency late on Sept. 6, warning that rotating power outages were very possible as the entire state roasted under unprecedented heat.
2022-09-07 21:13
Talks underway to increase gas imports from Iran: Iraqi Min.

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Spokesman for Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Ahmad Mousa al-Abadi on Saturday said that talks are ongoing between Iranian and Iraqi officials in order to import gas from Iran.
2022-08-13 14:51
Iran,Turkey agreed on electricity cooperation: energy min.

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – Ali Akbar Mehrabian, the energy minister of Iran, says that the two neighboring countries of Iran and Turkey agreed to build the necessary infrastructure to increase cooperation in the electricity field.
2022-07-26 19:45
Iran, Turkey energy ministers call for boosting mutual ties

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez have stressed bolstering bilateral relations.
2022-07-20 15:50
Iran, Iraq sign first long-term electricity contract

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Iranian minister of energy announced the signing of a long-term strategic electricity contract with Iraq.
2022-07-19 11:40
Iraq says to pay for gas imports from Iran monthly

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Iraq's Electricity Minister Adel Karim has said that Baghdad has paid for all unpaid bills to Iran, and from now on, it will pay for imported gas monthly.
2022-07-11 19:46
Storms kill 8 in Canada, leave half million without power

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said on Sunday.
2022-05-23 10:09
Two electricity towers in Afghanistan exploded by terrorists

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – The Afghan Electricity Company announced on Saturday that electricity had been cut off in Parwan, Kabul and 10 other provinces following the destruction of two electricity towers by terrorists last night.
2022-04-30 11:45
Oil min. Owji meets with visiting Iraqi electricity min.

TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian oil minister Javad Owji and the Minister of Electricity of Iraq emphasized the development of cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector.
2022-04-27 20:00
Hezbollah, Amal call on gov. to accept Iran electricity offer

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – The Hezbollah and Amal movements stressed that the Lebanese government should accept Iran's offer as soon as possible to supply electricity to all Lebanese people.
2022-04-03 21:39
Iran, Armenia stress development of energy relations

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Iran energy minister and the advisor to the prime minister of Armenia emphasized the development of relations in the energy filed and the removal of barriers in the way of stepped-up relations.
2022-03-29 13:37
Iran, Armenia discuss expanding coop. in energy field

TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji on Monday met with the advisor to the Armenian prime minister on bilateral cooperation in the field of energy.
2022-03-28 14:00
Bushehr nuclear power plant to resume work today

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – The spokesman for the electricity sector of the Iranian Energy Ministry said that major repairs at the Bushehr nuclear power plant are completed, expecting the plant to come one stream later today.
2022-01-09 18:00
Iran to export 110-MW electricity to Afghanistan: official

TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – A senior advisor to Iran's Minister of Energy for International Affairs said that the country will export 110 megawatts of electricity to neighboring Afghanistan in the current year.
2022-01-08 13:03
Attack on electric system prompts blackout in Venezuela

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Venezuela’s Public Infrastructure and Services Vice Minister Nestor Reverol denounced that the Guri electrical complex was attacked on Friday.
2021-12-18 10:50
Baghdad announces readiness to pay Iran's gas debts

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced the ministry's readiness to pay its gas debts to Tehran.
2021-12-14 18:02
Iraq ready to pay back debts to Iran for imported gas

TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Spokesman for Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said that his country is ready to pay debts to Iran for the imported gas.
2021-11-19 18:20
Perpetrators of attack on Iraqi power towers arrested

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – According to the Joint Operations Command, Iraqi security forces managed to prevent an attack on power towers in the country, arresting a number of perpetrators.
2021-08-21 18:41
ISIL targets several electricity towers in Kirkuk

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – In continuation of targeting power towers in various parts of Iraq, ISIL takfiri terrorists recently targeted several other towers in Kirkuk province.
2021-08-16 17:26
Iraq says water scarcity halts electricity exports from Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Iraqi Electricity Minister Adil Kareem claimed on Tues. that water scarcity in Iran has stopped electricity exports to Iraq.
2021-08-10 16:00
2 towers transmitting Iran's electricity to Iraq exploded

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – News sources reported the explosion of two electricity transmission towers from Mersad to Diyala near Lake Hamrin.
2021-07-12 13:10
Iran imports electricity from three central Asian countries

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Armenia are the three countries that Iran imports electricity from, according to the spokesman for the Iranian electricity industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi.
2021-07-11 19:00
ISIL attempt to blow up electricity towers in Iraq failed

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Iraqi army forces thwart ISIL terrorists' attempts to blow up electricity towers in Diyala and Saladin provinces.
2021-07-11 14:00
Iraq seeking to foil terrorists' sabotage in power network

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The Iraqi government has established an operation chamber between the security forces and the Ministry of Electricity to foil the sabotage operations of ISIL terrorists in the country's electricity network.
2021-07-05 13:38
ISIL seeking economic crisis in Iraq: MP

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – An Iraqi MP blamed ISIL for the recent attacks on the Iraqi electricity grid, noting that the terrorist group seeks to create an economic crisis in the country.
2021-07-04 18:40
3 injured, 3 power towers destroyed in ISIL attack on Mosul

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – The ISIL terrorist group attacked an Iraqi army unit southeast of Mosul, wounding three of its forces and destroying three power transmission towers in a separate operation south of the city.
2021-07-04 17:30
7 killed, 11 injured in attack on Iraqi electricity grid

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – The Iraqi government says at least seven people have been killed and 11 injured in attacks on the country's national electricity grid in recent days.
2021-07-04 08:43
Iraq faces widespread power outage during hot summer

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – A massive power outage hit Iraq on Friday as temperatures reached scorching levels, affecting millions of Iraqis including in affluent areas in the capital and stirring concerns of widespread unrest.
2021-07-02 18:03
Power outage in south Iraq forces electricity min. to resign

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Media in Iraq have reported that Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush has resigned amid power shortages in the south of the country during hot summer days.
2021-06-29 22:00