Final UN report recommends technical training for industrial modernization

The UN mission considered most primary telecommunications services restored. Work still pending included a major Khorramshahr installation, underground cables, additional border-province telephone...

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 UN team suggested government and private-sector investment to revive bauxite, alunite and nepheline mines. Better use of domestic raw materials could reduce dependence on expensive imports.

The report described a postwar shift from government ownership toward domestic and foreign private participation. At the Arak aluminium plant, foreign companies were expected to provide two thirds...

The report considered heavy-industry rehabilitation complete in a narrow sense. Arak aluminium output had exceeded 75,000 tonnes in 1988, above prewar capacity of 45,000; further expansion to...

Iran’s metallurgical modernization plans required engineers, specialists and managers. The UN report called for specialized advisory assistance on research, equipment and technology to support that...

The UN mission found the severest industrial destruction in five western provinces affected by ground fighting. Outside the immediate battle zone, damage was generally less severe, though some...