Pezeshkian inaugurates 425 MW solar power plants in four provinces
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian officially launched via video conference on Tuesday 130 megawatts of solar power capacity and initiated the construction of an additional 295 megawatts across four provinces.
The new solar capacity includes 20 megawatts in Khorasan Razavi Province, 50 megawatts in Markazi Province, and 60 megawatts in Bushehr Province. The president's directive also kick-started the construction of a 200-megawatt solar power plant in Bushehr and a 95-megawatt facility in Tehran.
Appreciating provincial officials and contributors, particularly the Energy Ministry, for their dedication to advancing clean and renewable energy initiatives, Pezeshkian underscored the significance of the plan in addressing energy shortages and stressed the need for accelerating the ongoing projects to ease public concerns in the sector.
Speaking during the inauguration ceremonies, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi reported that since the beginning of the current administration, as many as 117 projects in the water and electricity sectors have been launched thanks to the technical savvy of domestic engineers.
Aliabadi added that an additional 21 projects encompassing both renewable and thermal power plants are expected to become operational by September.
The energy minister also announced that plans are underway to inaugurate 389 projects in the water and electricity sectors by the end of the year, which is projected for March 2026.
President honors martyred scientists of Israeli aggression
In another development on Tuesday, Pezeshkian paid tribute to the Iranian scientists and scholars assassinated by the Israeli regime in the 12-day imposed war, asserting that their only ambition was to elevate Iran to the heights of knowledge and progress.
Addressing the memorial for martyred scientists of Faculty of Nuclear Engineering at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, the president reviled the self-proclaimed advocates of democracy, human rights, and peace, declaring their claims to be utter farce.
Pezeshkian underlined that those honored at the memorial dedicated their lives to serving the Iranian people and safeguarding the nation from cowardly acts of aggression, ultimately falling victim to the Tel Aviv regime's actions.
"These individuals had no sins other than their knowledge and their determination to equip their country with advanced technologies," he said.
The president also commemorated the memory of the country's martyrs in science and technology, expressing hope that the youth would carry on their legacy with strength and strive for the nation's independence and freedom.
He further took to task the aggressive actions of the Israeli regime, which are supported fully by the United States and European countries.
Pezeshkian rebuked the Israeli actions in Gaza as shameful, saying, “The Israelis are aggressors who enjoy full support from the United States. They have the platform, money, force, and power, and today, in addition to widespread killings, they block access to water, medicine, bread, and food, leaving people trapped in hunger. This behavior is disgraceful.”
On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and killing hundreds of civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the al-Undead air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations, managed to impose a halt to the illegal aggression, which was perpetrated against the backdrop of the Israeli regime’s longtime onslaught on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Since October 7, 2023, the Gaza genocide has left 61,499 dead and 153,575 injured, most of them children and women. Over 11,000 people are also missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed more than 210 lives.