According to the Special Petrochemical Economic Zone Organization, this Chinese investment delegation, which is applying for the construction of a carbon-sulfur production plant in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, held a meeting with the CEO and investment officials of the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone Organization to announced the willingness of Chinese companies to invest in Iran under the title of long-term cooperation document between Iran and China.

After visiting the facilities and infrastructure of the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, during a meeting with the managers of the Razi Petrochemical Company, the Chinese investment delegation reviewed the status of the feedstock required for the proposed investment plan, and then held a meeting with the CEO of the Special Zone Organization, the director of the Oil Industry Science and Technology Park and the Director General of Finance of Khuzestan province, and discussed the initial feasibility of implementing the project in the special region.

These developments came immediately after the state visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to China.

It should be mentioned that the infrastructure created in the petrochemical special economic zone is welcoming to investors in Iran’s first petrochemical hub.

Last week 20 cooperation documents were signed between high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and China in the presence of the presidents of the two countries.

The official ceremony of signing 20 cooperation documents and memoranda of understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and China was held today (Tuesday, February 14) by the high-ranking officials of the two countries in the presence of President Raisi and Xi Jinping.

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The incident happened to a Boeing MD of Caspian Airlines with some 135 passengers on board at Mahshahr Airport at 7:50 A.M. local time Monday.

The plane that had departed Tehran for Mahshahr at 6:35 A.M. and initial reports blame technical problems at the time of landing for it skids off runway.

“None of the 135 passengers have been injured,” Spokesman of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh told Mehr News Agency.

The Spokesperson of Iran’s aviation organization, Reza Jafarzadeh, said in a statement that the incident had no casualties and all the passengers are safe, adding, the cause of the accident is under investigation.

He went on to say that teams have been dispatched to the scene to investigate the cause of the incident.

Iranian Caspian Airlines is the owner of the passenger airplane.

Tasnim has contributed to this report.

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Governor of Ahvaz said the blast set ablaze a bus, a water tank truck, and two sedans, noting that the bus was fortunately not carrying any passengers.

Jamal Alami ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack, saying the incident was caused by a gas leak.

He also noted that the fire has not caused any damage to nearby villages and farms.

Meanwhile, head of the fire department of Ahvaz said the death toll may rise given the magnitude of the fire.

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