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Infrastructure Projects Worth Over $120m Inaugurated in FTZs

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated via videoconference 62 manufacturing, economic and infrastructure projects worth 31,050 billion rials ($124.2 million) in free trade zones of Maku, Chabahar, Aras and Anzali on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:07/July/2021 | 11:26

Agreements Reached to Invest $5.3 Billion in Afghan Infrastructure

EghtesadOnline: Preliminary agreements have been reached by Iran to invest $5.3 billion in Afghanistan’s road and rail transportation infrastructure as well as in the neighboring country’s housing sector, an advisor to Iran’s roads minister said.
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Publish Date:17/May/2021 | 18:21

Lack of Sewage Infrastructure Near Tehran Causing Concern

EghtesadOnline: Expansion of the wastewater network has been a priority in the sprawling capital in recent years, but mismanagement and haphazard urban expansion has slowed and at times hampered the process.
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Publish Date:21/February/2021 | 20:09

ICT Upgrade Projects Become Operational in South Khorasan

EghtesadOnline: In line with the government's efforts to upgrade ICT infrastructure throughout Iran, several projects worth 691 billion rials ($5.1 million) were inaugurated in South Khorasan Province.
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Publish Date:08/February/2020 | 05:59

Ahvaz Wastewater Network Rehab Underway

EghtesadOnline: At least 50% of Ahvaz wastewater infrastructure in Khuzestan Province, including 1,100 dilapidated pipelines, require repairs, managing director of the provincial water company said.
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Publish Date:22/December/2019 | 24:49

Time to Fix Tehran’s Ailing Public Transport

EghtesadOnline: Tehran's urban transportation infrastructure is in dire need of expansion to meet growing demand, chairman of Tehran City Council said.
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Publish Date:26/November/2019 | 11:10

Infrastructure Gets 10% of National Budget

EghtesadOnline: As little as 10% of the national budget, i.e. less than 400 trillion rials ($4.87 billion), are spent on the development of infrastructures and the rest goes to operational expenditures such as paying salaries of workers.
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Publish Date:19/August/2018 | 04:33

500 MW Power Plant Starts Operation at Major Oil Block

EghtesadOnline: To help develop power infrastructure in shared oilfields with Iraq, a 500 megawatt power station became operational in Iran’s largest oil block known as West Karoun in Khuzestan Province, chief executive officer of the Mapna Group said.
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Publish Date:26/August/2020 | 13:08

Gas Projects Cost $17b in 7 Years

EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Gas Company says it has invested $17 billion in natural gas infrastructure over the past seven years.
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Publish Date:04/August/2020 | 24:24

Iran-Afghanistan Rail Linkup in Autumn

EghtesadOnline: Khaf-Herat railroad project is scheduled to be launched this autumn (Sept. 22-Dec. 20), says the deputy head of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company, affiliated with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
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Publish Date:29/July/2020 | 13:19

Tehran Oil Refinery Expands Wastewater Infrastructure

EghtesadOnline: To help reduce consumption of piped water across the sprawling capital, the second phase of a development plan to transfer sewage from the South Tehran Wastewater Treatment Complex to Tehran Oil Refinery is underway, head of engineering department of the refinery said.
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Publish Date:08/July/2020 | 13:30

Poor Wastewater Infrastructure Taking Toll on Karoun River

EghtesadOnline: Close to 80,000 cubic meters of industrial and municipal effluent flows into the world famous Karoun River in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, every day, head of the provincial branch of Department of Environment said.
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Publish Date:01/June/2020 | 13:03

Iran Repels Cyberattack Targeting Internet Backbone

EghtesadOnline: A cyberattack targeted Iran’s communication infrastructure, causing widespread disruptions in internet connections throughout the country, an ICT Ministry official says.
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Publish Date:09/February/2020 | 11:45