Investments Rise in NE Industries

The government of President Hassan Rouhani has invested 33.81 trillion rials ($901.68 million) in the industries of Khorasan Razavi Province, 8.5% more than what the previous government invested, the head of Khorasan Razavi Industries, Mining and Trade Organization, Raziyeh Alirezaei, said on Tuesday. “Total investments in the industries of the northeastern province stood at 3 trillion rials ($80 million) in the fiscal 2013-14 compared to 13.36 trillion rials ($356.26 million) in 2016-17,” she added. As many as 30,426 jobs were added in the province’s industrial sector under President Rouhani compared with 28,105 created by the government of former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, IRNA quoted Alirezaei as saying.