During this visit, Raisi put into operation 15 water and electricity supply projects with a total investment of 270 trillion rials (about $530 million).

The president also inaugurated a major dam in the province. The dam, which was under construction for 14 years, was finally completed and put into operation on Thursday.

Some 4,000 National Housing Movement units were also handed over to the owners during this one-day visit.

The National Housing Movement is one of the major policies of the 13th government in the housing sector, and according to this policy, the construction of four million residential units is planned in four years.

It is one of the projects through which the government is trying to help low-income individuals in society become homeowners.

On the sidelines of President Raisi’s visit to the mentioned province, major investment holdings also signed deals worth 630 trillion rials (about $1.24 billion) for investment in various projects in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.

President Raisi arrived in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province on Tuesday morning and was welcomed by people and senior provincial officials.

The President was accompanied by the ministers of the Interior, Agriculture, Energy, Labor and Social Welfare, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Health and Education, as well as Industry, Mining and Trade.

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The extracted minerals, as Monzavi describes, are used in various sectors including construction, steel, aluminum, cement, gypsum and etc.

Above 1,500 employees are working in the mines of the province, he added.

Statistics show that minerals accounted for 21 percent of non-oil exports in Iran.

There are 400,000 registered mines in the country. Once 100 mineral processing units are launched, 600,000 employment opportunities will be generated in the country.

Chairman of Parliament’s Industries and Mines Committee of Iran Chamber of Commerce Bahram Shakouri has announced that, “Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has evaluated Iran’s total value of natural resources at $27.3 trillion.”

If demands of minerals’ supply chain are met, mining and mineral sector will realize 60 percent of oil revenues in the country in 2025 Outlook Plan, he said.

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According to reports, the helicopter had started a mission to aid a pregnant woman in a rural region of the province, however, it has hit power transmissions lines, fell down and blazed in fire before reaching to the patient.

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 Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Automotive Sheet Making Company (CBASCO) has exported its first shipment of galvanized sheets to Europe, a senior official at the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade said.

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