Over 1,500 Industrial Units Revived in Iranian Fiscal 2020-21

According to the Ministry of industries, Mining and Trade, a total of 1,557 inactive industrial units, located in industrial towns across the country, resumed their operations during the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2021).
"About 46.11 trillion rials [over $184 million] were invested to help these industrial units become operational again … Nearly 26,000 jobs were created or reinstated as a result," Ali Rasoulian, deputy industries minister, was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The ministry plans to prop up 1,600 more industrial units in the current fiscal year and reopen 800 units located in industrial towns, he added.
Rasoulian said the government has allocated 50 trillion rials ($200 million) for the implementation of the plan this year.