Addressing a ceremony to launch the projects, Dr. Rouhani
said commissioning of the projects was a valuable step in the path to
development and progress of the country, adding: “The process of inaugurating
huge national, development, production and infrastructure projects in the
country, despite the difficult conditions imposed by the enemies, continues
rapidly.”
Speaking on Thursday, Hojjatoleslam Hassan Rouhani at the
ceremony of exploiting Kaveh methanol, Pars Kimia Middle East in Bushehr
province and catalyst production project in Lorestan province, said: “Today,
knowledge-based firms are active in all the fields, and the result of these
efforts is to make the country self-sufficient in many of these fields.”
"We have always said that we want to distance ourselves
from export of crude oil and export it after it becomes a valuable
product," the president said. "We are witnessing a great change in the
petrochemical industry.”
He also noted the opening of 17 petrochemical projects in
the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year to March 20, 2021,
adding, “Simultaneously with the second leap in the petrochemical industry, the
necessary investments have been made for the third petrochemical leap by 2025,
which can bring the total value of products in this sector to 37. Billion
dollars, which will be a big change in the country.”