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Iran tells Lebanon to buy electricity from Syria

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What started as an Iranian offer to supply Lebanon with 1000 MW of power has boiled down to a suggestion that we should buy electricity from Syria.

Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghadanfar Rokenabadi on Monday said that Lebanon can begin buying electricity from Syria in two months.

“What is important for Lebanon is to have electricity,” Abadi told OTV

“But Al Jazeera’s Nir Rosen reported Monday that Even in Damascus there are now power cuts in many neighborhoods… if this is the case how can the Iranian envoy expect the Syrians to supply Lebanon with electricity? ” one observer told Ya Libnan

Rokenabadi’s comments come after Iranian deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad inked an agreement in Tehran on Saturday with deputy energy minister of Iraq Adel Mahdi , Syria’s deputy energy minister Hecham Mufshij and managing director of Lebanese electricity transmission Nagib Saleh.

Roknabadi originally said on January 28 that Tehran was willing to help Lebanon end its chronic electricity problems.

“Lebanon requires [an additional] 1,000 MW and we consider this to be a small amount … given that we export around 25,000 MW and we have a surplus of production estimated at around 6,000 MW. We can resolve this problem easily … as soon as possible with simple conditions,” Roknabadi told reporters.

Ever since he made that original offer the quantity of power Iran was willing to export to Lebanon has been gradually going down.

On January 29, 2012 Roknabadi met with Lebanese Foreign minister Adnan Mansour and offered to supply Lebanon between 200-400 MW of electricity instead of 1000 MW.

Last Friday Iran’s Energy Ministry Majid Namjou said that the Islamic Republic is planning to export electricity to Syria and Lebanon through Iraq’s power grid and also said that Iran is able to export 50-100 MW of electricity to Lebanon through Syria,” ( instead of the 1000 MW)

Based on the agreement signed last Saturday Lebanon will have to share a total of 50 MW with Syria,( instead of the 1000 MW).

Based on the most recent offer of the Iranian envoy the power blackouts in Lebanon will continue

The Lebanese cabinet is currently dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group which has been encouraging trade between Beirut and Tehran, despite the UN sanctions which restrict trade with Iran.

A large part of the Lebanese public debt is due to the large subsidy that the electric utility company Electricité du Liban ( EDL) receives from the government. According to the most recent reports EDL receives daily a subsidy of $5.5 million or more than $2 billion annually.

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27 responses to “Iran tells Lebanon to buy electricity from Syria”

  1. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    hahahahhahaha this is funny…and they were so pround of their persian lier that he would povide them with electricity…now they are sucked in.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Funny – and pathetic.
      As I said before, the Lebanese will pay for the nothing they get. And to who?
       Now Iran ‘suggests’ payment to Syria because Assad is running out of money? Shabiha Gangs are in other countries stealing it where they can – why not from Lebanon, eh?? We know Nastyrallah will hand the money over. And there will still be no power … or even less … in Liban.

      1. Patience2 Avatar
        Patience2

         You know, it’s obvious that the Hezbo-Syrio-Iranian Axis is getting desperate … to rob a pittance from little Lebanon should shame the Iranio-Fuzzy-Faces.  There is no accounting for the ‘feelings’ of the Al@@ui Dogs of Syria, naturally.

        1. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          syrian regime have always robbed lebanon of its resources…electricity is only one example.

        2. antar2011 Avatar
          antar2011

          syrian regime have always robbed lebanon of its resources…electricity is only one example.

  2. Avatar
    Anonymous

    hahahahhahaha this is funny…and they were so pround of their persian lier that he would povide them with electricity…now they are sucked in.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Funny – and pathetic.
      As I said before, the Lebanese will pay for the nothing they get. And to who?
       Now Iran ‘suggests’ payment to Syria because Assad is running out of money? Shabiha Gangs are in other countries stealing it where they can – why not from Lebanon, eh?? We know Nastyrallah will hand the money over. And there will still be no power … or even less … in Liban.

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

         You know, it’s obvious that the Hezbo-Syrio-Iranian Axis is getting desperate … to rob a pittance from little Lebanon should shame the Iranio-Fuzzy-Faces.  There is no accounting for the ‘feelings’ of the Al@@ui Dogs of Syria, naturally.

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          Anonymous

          syrian regime have always robbed lebanon of its resources…electricity is only one example.

  3. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    And all these years Syria has been stealing electricity from Lebanon — how are they going to sell electricity TO Leb??

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Well, they ARE eliminating a lot of lightbulbs Patience. 😉

      1. Patience2 Avatar
        Patience2

         I guess maybe I take some things way too seriously?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well, the whole mess here is quite serious, so you are not ‘too’ serious. But as Antar knows, there are some things which are so ridiculous there is no good answer to them. So we turn to humour – the last refuge of the soul in hard times.
          The grand ‘story’ of help from Iran, and the gradual decent of the volume of help over a week only, is similar to the electric dial switch being gradually turned down as the money peters out for Syria … and Iran as well perhaps. No-one wants to deal with them any more.
          Funny how it turned down so fast.
           Running wire from so far away is a huge loss of power due to usual wire resistance. The power ships of Turkey are a more economical bet, but Turkey is in the bad books, because it dares to provide some real help to the people. (for whatever reason)
           And what Lebanon needs is another power plant providing double what it has now, which should have been started years ago. And the man who might have gotten that done was bombed out of existence. The people can’t even understand it. They live – literally – in the dark.
          Voila. The comedy of errors. So, have a smile my dear. It can’t get any more stupid. Can it? 🙂

    2. MeYosemite Avatar
      MeYosemite

      Means Lebanon to pay for the electricity Syria is steeling already.

  4. Avatar
    Anonymous

    And all these years Syria has been stealing electricity from Lebanon — how are they going to sell electricity TO Leb??

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Well, they ARE eliminating a lot of lightbulbs Patience. 😉

      1. Avatar
        Anonymous

         I guess maybe I take some things way too seriously?

        1. Avatar
          Anonymous

          Well, the whole mess here is quite serious, so you are not ‘too’ serious. But as Antar knows, there are some things which are so ridiculous there is no good answer to them. So we turn to humour – the last refuge of the soul in hard times.
          The grand ‘story’ of help from Iran, and the gradual decent of the volume of help over a week only, is similar to the electric dial switch being gradually turned down as the money peters out for Syria … and Iran as well perhaps. No-one wants to deal with them any more.
           Running wire from so far away is a huge loss of power due to usual wire resistance. The power ships of Turkey are a more economical bet, but Turkey is in the bad books, because it dares to provide some real help to the people. (for whatever reason)
           And what Lebanon needs is another power plant providing double what it has now, which should have been started years ago. And the man who might have gotten that done was bombed out of existence. The people can’t even understand it. They live – literally – in the dark.
          Voila. The comedy of errors. So, have a smile my dear. It can’t get any more stupid. Can it? 🙂

    2. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Means Lebanon to pay for the electricity Syria is steeling already.

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Public debt is generally paid for from taxes. Electricity is usually paid for by customers – who are also the taxpayers.
    Do all the people with no electricity most of the time, who also are theoretically paying for what they use, ever wonder why there is a $2 billion annual GROWTH, for electricity only, to the deficit – being theoretically paid from their taxes as well?
    Who is not paying their fair share for the electricity? And why not?
    Many have had a chuckle at Greece where it seems everything was subsidized. Can we look up the total Leb-debt?
    Do we dare ask a politician??

    1. MeYosemite Avatar
      MeYosemite

      Don’t need to ask, just check the lebanese moody credit rating, which is currently B one level above the bottom which is B-. There is formula to estimate the debt from the GDP and rating.

    2. master09 Avatar
      master09

      This number makes Lebanon 4th highest in the world.
      133%debt to GDP ratio = 59 billion at end of 2011 $6 billion higher in just 6 months.
      Rating B1 .

  6. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Public debt is generally paid for from taxes. Electricity is usually paid for by customers – who are also the taxpayers.
    Do all the people with no electricity most of the time, who also are theoretically paying for what they use, ever wonder why there is a $2 billion annual GROWTH, for electricity only, to the deficit – being theoretically paid from their taxes as well?
    Who is not paying their fair share for the electricity? And why not?
    Many have had a chuckle at Greece where it seems everything was subsidized. Can we look up the total Leb-debt?
    Do we dare ask a politician??

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Don’t need to ask, just check the lebanese moody credit rating, which is currently B one level above the bottom which is B-. There is formula to estimate the debt from the GOP and rating.

    2. Avatar
      Anonymous

      This number makes Lebanon 4th highest in the world.
      133%debt to GDP ratio = 59 billion at end of 2011 $6 billion higher in just 6 months.
      Rating B1 .

  7. Rafic Avatar
    Rafic

    It is useless to do business with an Iranian like I said last week you always end up with short end of the stick with 90% of them, if they give you one they get 5 in return, no freebies with those people , they make good fun friends other then that stay away if you want to do business with them.

  8. Avatar
    Anonymous

    It is useless to do business with an Iranian like I said last week you always end up with short end of the stick with 90% of them, if they give you one they get 5 in return, no freebies with those people , they make good fun friends other then that stay away if you want to do business with them.

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