Iran is the world's 14th leading electricity producer, Mr Mohammad Behzad deputy energy minister of Iranian said that the latest statistics released by the International Energy Agency.
Mr Behzad said that Iran has risen two places since 2010, when it was 16th in the world in electricity generation. And Iran ranks first in the Middle East in electricity generation.
Currently, Iran's power generation capacity stands at 67 GW and it is projected to hit 70 GW by the end of the current Iranian calendar year.
Sixteen new power stations with a total capacity of 2.6GW have come on stream in the current Iranian calendar year.
Currently, Iran provides electricity to Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran also plans to connect its national power grid to the power grids of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon and India in the future.
