Iran news headlines on Sunday include Iranian MP urging release of political prisoners; Iranian commander expressing over all-out preparedness of Iran's air defense unit; country daily oil income rising by $13m soon; Iran's electricity generation capacity rising to 69500 Megawatts; Officials from 40 states participation in Rouhani inauguration; country ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said that Iran's electricity generation capacity has risen to 69,500 megawatts now from 7,024 megawatts in the year 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place. Namjou said that 31,400 megawatts were added to the capacity of the country's power plants in Ahmadinejad's administrations. The minister ...

According to officials in ministry of water and energy of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran is due to boost electricity export to western provinces of Afghanistan based on a new agreement signed between the two nations. The agreement was signed between Afghan water and energy minister Mohammad Ismail and his Iranian counterpart Majid Namjo in ...

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking to strengthen links with neighboring Afghanistan, saying Iranian electricity and water companies have opportunities there, the state-run Farsnews agencysaid. Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou visited the Afghan capital Kabul and discussed boosting such ties with President Hamid Karzai and Energy and ...

Irans electricity exports to neighboring countries have increased by about 34 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2012). According to Irans Energy Ministry, the country has exported 8,974 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity over the past 10 months, which shows a 33.48-percent increase compared to the ...

BY Now Lebanon   We have emphasized before all political leaderships in Lebanon that the Energy Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to offer all its resources and capacities to sustain the development projects related to the water and electricity [sector in Lebanon], Namjoo was quoted as saying by the NNA on Saturday following ...

By The Voice of Russia The EU has put Iranian Minister of Energy Majid Namjoo and 34 Iranian companies and banks on a black list. The EU bulletin published on Tuesday reads that Namjoo is a member of the Supreme National Security Council which determines Irans nuclear policy. The EU has banned the Iranian ministers trips to the EU ...

By The Guardian Majid Namjoo lobbies for increased private investment from India in Iran's energy sector, during Delhi visit A senior Iranian minister has called on "independent" nations to "define a new structure for the world" and resist sanctions, during a visit toIndia. The energy minister, Majid Namjoo, played down deepening economic ...