Iranian Ambassador to Japan Abbas Araqchi says Iran is ready to provide fuel for Japan which is struggling with energy problems, after a massive earthquake and an ensuing tsunami, reported Press TV.
"Iran has announced readiness in regard to providing Japan's needed fuel, which, after the recent crisis, has been stopped and caused problems for this country," the Iranian envoy was quoted by IRNA as saying on Tuesday.
"Means of cooperation in this regard are currently being reviewed by authorities of the two countries," he added.
On March 11, Japan was hit by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, which has left over 12,000 people dead while nearly 15,500 people are still missing.
Japan now faces a lack of electricity power as 11 nuclear power plants of the country are now out of the national grid, the Iranian envoy said.
There is a three-hour power outage in some cities in different areas of Japan, he pointed out.
The Islamic Republic is among main suppliers of crude oil for Japan, providing approximately 10 percent of its oil, Araqchi noted.
Iran, the first country in the Middle East to send humanitarian aid to Japan, has so far dispatched three aid consignments to the quake-hit country.
The quake is now considered to be Japan's deadliest natural disaster since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which claimed the lives of more than 142,000 people.