Azerbaijan, Baku, March 3 / Trend, A.Yusifzade /
Iran exported roughly 6,198 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to its neighboring states from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (that started March 21, 2010), ILNA reported.
The amount shows 7.5 percent increase compared to previous year's amount.
Iran also increased its electricity imports from pervious year's figure of 1,943 GWh to 3,066 GWh during the mentioned time span.
The figure shows a 57.77 percent increase in Iran's electricity imports.
Iran's electricity network had integrated into the power grids of seven neighboring countries.
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.