BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 18. Iran restored the activity of 1,440 industrial enterprises in the local industrial parks during the current Iranian year (from March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024), the country's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining, and Trade and Chairman of the Organization of Small Industries and Industrial Parks Farshad Moghimi said, Trend reports.
According to Mogimi, 28,614 people have been provided with jobs by the restoration of industrial enterprises.
Mogimi added that the production potential of 2,755 industrial enterprises increased, and as a result, 13,770 people were employed.
The official noted that 2,290 new industrial enterprises were commissioned this year and 40,000 people were employed. Thus, the number of active industrial enterprises in industrial parks is 52,000, and the number of employees working in industrial parks is approximately 1.1 million people.
According to him, 170,449 people work in 1,079 industrial enterprises in non-state industrial parks.
To note, 851 industrial parks operate in Iran, with more than 55,000 industrial enterprises and over one million people working in industrial enterprises.