EghtesadOnline: Iran has 1,011 industrial towns, of which 728 are active and about 30% are inactive.

EghtesadOnline: Mohsen Salehinia, head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization, says out of the 43,000 small and medium sized enterprises in industrial towns, 20% are facing recession, which means their production has come almost to a halt.

EghtesadOnline: A total of $2.1 billion worth of investments have been made by 231 foreign investors in Iran’s industrial towns by March 19, creating 19,862 jobs.

EghtesadOnline: Twenty percent of manufacturing units located in industrial towns across Iran have been hit by recession, a deputy minister of industries, mining and trade said.