BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 7. Power plants in Iran
with a total capacity of 7,000 megawatts were damaged during the
war period from February 28 to April 7, Deputy Energy Minister of
Iran and CEO of the Iran Power Generation, Transmission and
Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR), Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi
said, Trend
reports.
According to him, the operation of power plants with a combined
capacity of 2,500 megawatts has already been restored. During the
war, power plants with a total capacity of 4,500 megawatts
sustained severe damage. Restoration work is currently underway,
and these facilities will gradually return to operation.
Rajabi Mashhadi noted that around 2,000 power grid
infrastructure facilities across the country were also damaged
during the period in question. Thanks to restoration efforts, most
of these facilities have already been brought back into service,
while repairs at some sites have been postponed until after the
summer season, when electricity consumption reaches its annual
peak.
Iran’s total electricity generation capacity exceeds 100,000
megawatts.
Meanwhile, as no tangible progress was made in the nuclear
negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, the situation escalated on
February 28, when the United States and Israel launched military
airstrikes against Iran. In retaliation, Iran initiated missile and
drone strikes targeting Israeli and U.S. installations in the
region. Following these developments, a two-week ceasefire
agreement was brokered on April 7 through Pakistan's mediation.
However, during subsequent talks between the U.S. and Iran in
Islamabad on April 11, no consensus was reached.
