Tehran, July 05: An advisor to Iran’s president says twenty three new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) will be inaugurated across the country this week.
“The plan to establish the Special Economic Zones was presented to the parliament last year and it was approved by lawmakers last month,” Mahmoud Salahi, who advises President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on SEZ affairs, said.
“Most of these zones are located in the less privileged areas of Iran such as Mehran in the Western province of Ilam and Namin in Ardebil Province,” IRIB quoted Salahi as saying.
Salahi stressed that the economic zones will help these regions’ development by creating job opportunities.
He noted that the government is to present another bill to the parliament to establish more Special Economic Zones, including one at the Iran-Afghanistan border.
Currently, Iran has 16 SEZs, which include Asalouyeh, Salafshegan and Mahshahr Petrochemical zones.
—–Agencies