The Iranian government allows foreign companies for the first time to export part of the electricity which they generate in the country, a deputy energy minister says.

Activists in Lebanon block access to the Electricity Ministry building in the capital, Beirut, in protest at high electricity prices.

Iran and Germany are set to start a new round of talks over power-generation projects.

Iran is building the Middle East’s first geothermal power plant at the foot of an inactive volcanic peak as the country is racing to meet a runaway demand for electricity by its growing population.

Iran is lining up water and electricity projects worth $50 billion for investment after the removal of sanctions, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian says.

TVEL, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom, says it will deliver fresh nuclear fuel to Iran’s Bushehr power plant by the end of this month.

Iran says it will soon sign deals with German companies for setting up new electricity generation plants as the country seeks to add up to 37,000 megawatts to its national power grid.

Pakistan says it is in the final stages of talks to clinch a deal for a tenfold hike of electricity imports from neighboring Iran.

Typhoon Soudelor hits China, killing at least 14 people, state media says.

Iran and Armenia sign a contract for construction of the third power transmission line between the two countries.