
Dalga Khatinoglu
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Expert on Iran's energy sector at Radio Farda and DW (Persian desk), Previously Trend NA, Natural Gas World. & Poet in Azerbaijani Turkic
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6 days ago |
meforum.org | Dalga Khatinoglu
Iran’s repeated threats to close the Strait of Hormuz and the dramatic decline in ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb because of attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels have prompted regional countries to accelerate the development of alternative trade corridors. In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia launched a tender for a railway linking the Persian Gulf to the upper Red Sea, and Kuwait signed a to build a railway connecting it via land to Oman.
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1 week ago |
iranintl.com | Dalga Khatinoglu
While sovereign wealth funds tied to oil revenues in Iran’s neighboring countries have surpassed $3.6 trillion, a new report by the Iranian Parliament Research Center reveals the extensive depletion and misuse of Iran’s National Development Fund (NDF). According to data from the Parliament Research Center, between the establishment of the National Development Fund (NDF) in 2011 and March 2024, about 82% of its $161 billion in revenue has been spent.
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1 week ago |
substack.com | Dalga Khatinoglu
Nuclear power currently accounts for just one percent of Iran’s electricity generation. To make up for the country’s 25,000-megawatt shortfall, Iran would need to build 25 nuclear plants the size of Bushehr—which took 25 years to complete, even with Russian assistance. Since its launch in 2011, the Bushehr nuclear plant has produced just 70 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity—worth less than $6 billion on regional markets.
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2 weeks ago |
iranintl.com | Dalga Khatinoglu
As nuclear talks resume and threats from the US and Israel continue, Iran’s atomic chief claims the country’s electricity shortages will be solved by building new nuclear power plants. Nuclear power currently accounts for just one percent of Iran’s electricity generation. To make up for the country’s 25,000-megawatt shortfall, Iran would need to build 25 nuclear plants the size of Bushehr—which took 25 years to complete, even with Russian assistance.
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3 weeks ago |
iranintl.com | Dalga Khatinoglu
Iran's newly published budget law reveals the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) major share of oil revenues and public funds—and opens the door for the IRGC and Supreme Leader–linked institutions to take control of state assets.
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