TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that 95% of the equipment used in the electricity sector is domestically manufactured, IRIB reported on Wednesday.

In the water sector, except for some instrumentation related to water treatment machinery, all pieces of equipment are domestically manufactured, the minister said.

“In construction of dams as well as irrigation and drainage networks, and in water and wastewater treatment, the work is done relying on domestic capability and if there is any cooperation with the foreign companies it is for transfer of knowledge”, Ardakanian noted.

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