During a meeting to review the problems of the industrial units in the town of Khomein, Ali Rasoulian said despite all pressures because if the U.S.’s cruel unilateral sanctions and COVID-19 threats, last year industry sector in the country grew 8 percent and it can be said the achievement was the result of support from the domestic production, resistance economy and the growth of the domestic industries.

He further said that industrial parks is one of the honors of the Islamic Republic establishment and said the launch of the industrial parks was one of the prudent and wise actions of the country which has had a large number of fruits in the process of the industrial development of the country since 1983.

Rasoulian also stated that since the first day of the Islamic Republic, more than 828 industrial towns and region have been readied for handing over to the investors and economic activists to be established in the production units.

He added that over 47,500 production units are deployed in the industrial parks and areas of the country and around 950,000 people are busy in those units directly.

He reiterated that the year before last year, over 30b rials has been invested in the infrastructures of the industrial towns and areas of the country.

Rasoulian pointed to the supports to the small industries which has been tripled, adding that support from the production units will be directed to the export-centered and brand-centered.

He went on to say that attracting the foreign investment, export consortium, financing, educational courses, creating brands, opening offices abroad, participation in the overseas exhibitions and issuing guarantee letters are of the supports offered to the small industries which have become five-fold.

Rasoulian further said that the organization backs the participation of the private sectors in the industrial towns and areas because these parks should move in direction of being private industrial parks.

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Ali Rasoulian noted that despite all the pressure from sanctions and the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s industry grew by eight percent last year, which can be attributed to the government’s support for domestic production and the growth of domestic industries.

He noted that establishing new industrial parks is a strong strategy that has contributed significantly to the country’s economic growth in recent years.

Currently, more than 47,500 industrial and production units are active in the country’s industrial parks and zones in which about 950,000 people are directly employed, according to Rasoulian.

The official further mentioned some of the government’s plans for supporting the country’s industrial units in the current year, including foreign investment attraction, establishing export consortia, financing, holding training courses, branding, establishing overseas offices, attending foreign exhibitions, and issuing guarantees.

The value of Iran’s non-oil exports reached $6.3 billion in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), up 48 percent compared to the last year’s same period.

Iran exported 16.9 million tons of non-oil commodities including gasoline, polyethylene, methanol, iron, and steel ingots, and steel products to foreign destinations in the mentioned two months.

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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