Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 2 / Trend, A.Yusifzade /
Iran exported 5,645 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to its neighboring states from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (that started March 21, 2010), ISNA reported.
The amount shows 7.04 percent increase in comparison to previous year's amount.
Iran also increased its electricity imports from pervious year's figure of 1,862 GWh to 2,835 GWh during the mentioned time span. The figure shows a 24.52 percent increase in Iran's electricity imports.
Iran's electricity network has been integrated into the power grids of some neighboring countries, including Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.
Iran is the 19th largest producer and 20th largest consumer of electricity in the world.
Earlier, Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said Russia, India, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Syria and Oman are the new countries demanding electricity from Iran.
According to the minister, Iran has the capability to turn into a regional exporter of electricity.