Iran Increases Electricity Exports to Afghanistan

Iran’s Director for Taibud Electric Office Ehsan Siyahzadeh said on Sunday that 190,000 kilowatts /hour of electricity is exported to Afghanistan daily, according to Iran’s IRNA news agency report.

He said that since the beginning of the current Iranian year more than 48,000 megawatts of electricity had been exported to Afghanistan through Dogharoun distribution post, it said.

This amount is supplying needed electricity by Afghanistan villages close to Dogharoun border, including 13,000 households, according the report.

Taibud city is located 225 kilometers southeast of Mashad, Khorasan Razavi province, and is bordering Afghanistan.