Morteza Niroomand Oskuei, the managing director of the province’s Industrial Parks Company, said that the number of revived units was the same as planned.

The official said that the mentioned units were inactive mainly because of the banking, insurance, and tax problems, and returned to the production cycle through the serious support of this company and other related provincial organizations.

He announced that over three trillion rials (about $71.42 million) were invested to revive those units, and reviving them created jobs for 1,612 persons.

As announced by Deputy Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki, 1,500 idle industrial units have been revived in the country during the past year.

According to Niaraki, over 6,500 new industrial units were also established across the country during the mentioned year which created jobs for over 121,000 people.

Touching upon the Industry Ministry’s plans for the realization of the motto of the current year which is named the year of “Production: support and the elimination of obstacles” by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the official said: “In the year that has been dedicated to the production sector by the Leader of the revolution, the orientation of all government organizations and executive bodies should be towards supporting the country’s industrial and mining units.”

Niaraki pointed to a 40-percent increase in the issuance of establishment licenses for industrial units in the previous year, saying: “The number of establishment licenses increased to more than 36,000 last year, which shows that people are encouraged to invest in the productive sectors.”

He also mentioned an 85-percent rise in the allocation of land for establishing industrial units across the country and noted that over 4,500 hectares of land were handed over to applicants in the previous calendar year.

According to the official, there are over 46,000 small and medium-sized industrial units in Iran’s industrial parks and zones, of them about 9,200 units are inactive.

Iran’s industrial parks play a significant role in making the country independent through boosting production, which is a major strategy of Iran to combat the U.S. sanctions.

In fact, strengthening domestic production to achieve self-reliance is the most important program that Iran is following up in its industry sector in a bid to nullify the effects of the U.S. sanctions on its economy.

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Development of Tabriz Refinery

One of the major projects which was inaugurated during the president’s visit to the province was the development project of Tabriz Refinery in which the refinery’s gasoline and gasoil quality were upgraded to Euro 5 and production units for base and lubricating oils were added to the refinery complex.

Some 54.15 trillion rials (about $1.29 billion) of investment was made to complete the Tabriz Refinery development project.

Speaking in the opening ceremony of this project, Gholamreza Baqeri, the managing director of the refinery announced that currently all the 3.5 million barrels per day of the refinery’s gasoline output is of Euro 5 quality.

Gas supply to rural areas

The Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hassan Montazer Torbati who accompanied the president in his visit inaugurated a project for connecting 53 villages in East Azarbaijan Province to the national gas network on Thursday.

The project, worth 380 billion rials (about $9 million) is going to supply gas to over 3000 households in the mentioned province.
On behalf of the president, Torbati also inaugurated other gas supply projects including connecting industrial parks to the national gas network and the Varzaqan-Ahar gas pipeline

which is also connected to the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline.

Agricultural projects

During President Rouhani’s visit to East Azarbaijan Province, numerous agricultural projects worth more than 9.33 trillion rials (over $222 million) were also inaugurated or launched.

The Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati who was also among the cabinet members accompanying the president in his visit, inaugurated several projects across the province, including industrial poultry units, a greenhouses and fish farming complexes.

Health and medical projects

Some 78 health and medical projects were also inaugurated by the Health Minister Saied Namaki, including a 304 bed hospital in Marand city.

The minister also inaugurated a rural and urban health service center which provides medical services, health care, midwifery, pharmacy, environmental and occupational health, injections and health education to people.

Heading a high-ranking delegation, including some cabinet members, Rouhani arrived in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan, on Thursday for a one-day visit.

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