TEHRAN – The deputy industries and mines minister announced here on Saturday that more than 17,000 units are active in the country’s industrial parks.

Esfandiar Heidari, who is also the director of the Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization, told IRNA that there are 788 active industrial parks with 400,000 employees in the country.
The permits for 40 percent of the industrial parks have been issued during the current administration.
He added that the government predicts the number of job opportunities in the industrial parks to reach 500,000 by the end of Fourth Five-Year Socioeconomic Plan.
The official said that $100 billion has been invested in Iran’s industrial parks so far