Final UN report identifies unfinished work after basic telecom restoration

Iran prioritized restoring damaged generating capacity, transmission and local supply networks. Permanent rebuilding and resumed development plans faced equipment-ordering delays and a shortage of...

With power interruptions continuing, Iran reportedly awarded contracts for 9,000 MW of additional generation and associated transmission expansion. The report also recorded agreement in principle to...

Iran sought international assistance for modern electrical equipment and for management, planning and power-system design. The UN report also identified technology needs in dam construction and modern...

The report recorded at least partial destruction of 172 buildings, 9,000 km of underground cable and over 50,000 telephone lines. Iran’s telecommunications company estimated damaged assets at no...

The UN report described total telecommunications damage in occupied areas and lesser damage elsewhere. Highly visible towers and exchanges were exposed to attack; targeted installations in the...

Iran allocated 139,000 million rials to a five-year telecommunications plan focused on border provinces. The report said repair and development objectives were combined and that separate...

Iran estimated direct heavy-industry damage at 1,102,029 million rials. The UN mission could not verify the overall total, but inspections of 12 major plants suggested estimates for those visited were...

The report described plants repaired immediately after attacks to restore short-term operation, sometimes after repeated destruction. Heavy Industry Ministry reconstruction expenditure since...

The UN mission identified investment-finance shortages, technology gaps and shortages of highly qualified personnel in heavy industry. Some plants also lacked sufficiently inexpensive domestic raw...

The report called for industrial technical staff to encounter new technologies through study tours and short assignments abroad. Strengthening national technical institutions and adding vocational and...