Managing director of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said the company is seriously pursuing a plan for diversifying the product basket of the country’s petrochemical industry by implementing new projects in the downstream sector.

Iran has reached a primary agreement with Afghanistan to invest $5.3 billion in the country’s transportation and infrastructure projects, an official with the Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry announced.

Managing Director of Tehran Electricity Distribution Company said Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) has allocated 7,253 megawatts (MW) of electricity for Tehran province during summer, so considering the current consumption level Tehrani households must save 1,540 MW in summer to prevent blackouts.

At the annual Address of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the Oliy Majlis, it was noted that the media, along with objective coverage of large-scale changes taking place in country, attract the attention of government departments and the public to urgent problems on the ground and encourage leaders at all levels to eliminate these problems. Today the mass media are increasingly becoming the "fourth estate".

Reviving 107 idle production units, East Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, was ranked the second in the country in terms of making such units active during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), a provincial official announced.

Iranian knowledge-based companies have signed four deals with the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) for manufacturing electronic as well as Information and Communications Technology (ICT) equipment for the country’s ports.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian inaugurated major electricity projects worth 13.45 trillion rials (about $320.2 million) across the country on Tuesday, in the sixth week of the ministry’s A-B-Iran program in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).

Iran’s gas condensate production is expected to reach 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022), the Iranian Oil Ministry announced.

As announced by a provincial official, 15 idle mines are planned to be revived in Iran’s central Qom province by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022).

Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry has issued a three-month waiver for some approved steel production units to be able to export steel products especially long sections, ILAN reported.