rural areas
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Work Begins on 2 Desalination Plants in Southern Qeshm Island
EghtesadOnline: Construction of two desalination plants in Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, has started to improve water supply to rural areas, managing director of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater…
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$285m Spent on Road Maintenance Since March 20
EghtesadOnline: A total of 70 trillion rials ($285 million) have been spent on repairing roads, patching asphalts and constructing asphalt roads in rural areas since the beginning of the current…
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Poor Families Living in Rural Areas Bear Brunt of Sanctions
EghtesadOnline: Low-income households living in rural areas bear the brunt of US sanctions while high-income families living in both urban and rural areas reaped the benefits of international…
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Q3 Underemployment at 10.6%
EghtesadOnline: Underemployment, the condition in which people in a labor force are employed for less than 44 hours of service per week, stood at 10.6% in the third quarter of the current Iranian…
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Iran: Share of Villagers in Video Game Market Shows Upward Trajectory
EghtesadOnline: As a result of the rising access to internet services and electronic devices in Iran’s rural areas, more and more villagers have started playing video games.
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Universal Electrification in Rural Areas
EghtesadOnline: While rural electrification rate in the world is 76% (based on United Nations data), the figure is almost 100% in Iran, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said.
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Water, Power Projects for Faraway Tehran and Alborz Rural Areas
EghtesadOnline: On the occasion of Government Week (August 24-30), 19 water and 62 electricity projects were inaugurated Saturday in Tehran Province.
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Rural Electrification Noteworthy
EghtesadOnline: The number of rural areas linked to the national power grid has increased by 13 fold or 1.200% over the past four decades, the manager in charge of rural electricity expansion…
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Provision of Clean Water to Villages Remains a Priority
EghtesadOnline: Supplying rural areas with clean water will be among the main activities of the Energy Ministry this year, deputy for engineering and development affairs at the National Water…
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Rural Areas Given Priority in Water Supply Programs
EghtesadOnline: Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said Wednesday 2,000 villages on the outskirts of urban and rural areas will be provided with potable water by the end of the current fiscal (started…
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Telecom Services Expanding in Iran Rural Areas
EghtesadOnline: Broadband Internet services will be available in almost all rural areas in Iran by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2020), according to the ICT Ministry.
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Iran Parliamentary Think Tank Draws Rural-Urban Poverty Lines
EghtesadOnline: The research arm of Iranian Parliament has determined the absolute poverty line in urban and rural areas of the country in its latest analytical study.
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Enhancement of Rural Internet Connectivity High on Gov’t Agenda
EghtesadOnline: Iranian government is enhancing Internet connectivity and telecom services in rural areas to offer villagers a significant change in lifestyle and encourage their stay in remote…