IRNA, Iran
January 11, 2005 Tuesday 11:32 AM EST

Electricity transmission to Turkey via Iran

Tehran, January 11

The managing director of Azarbaijan Regional Power Company said here
on Tuesday that 245 million kilowatt/hour electricity have been
transmitted from Turkmenistan to Turkey via Iran during the first
eight months of 2004..

Fatah Qarebagh added that the transmission operation took place under
a tripartite agreement signed by the three states.

Under an agreement on the exchange of energy between Iran and
Azerbaijan, Qarebagh said that Iran imported 530 million
kilowatt/hour electricity from Azerbaijan, while exported 380 million
kilowatt/hour to the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan.

The official also announced that over 390 million kilowatt/hour
electricity were exported to Armenia during the first half of the
1383, while 82 million kilowatt/hour were imported from Armenia
during the said period.