Final UN report describes modernization and sheltering of broadcast stations

The UN mission observed entrepreneurs establishing processed-meat, fish-powder, plastic-tubing and textile industries in Abadan-Khorramshahr industrial parks. It described a positive response to calls...

Outside ground-fighting areas, most craftsmen had returned and nearly all medium and large industries reached prewar output. The report identified technology-awareness gaps in management while...

Restored output concealed missing standby generators, maintenance facilities and spare-part stocks. The report recorded Iran’s estimate of nearly $3.9 billion in foreign-exchange reconstruction...

Technology transfer had been seriously interrupted for over a decade, the report stated. It proposed UN-agency support for contacts between Iranian industry and foreign technology holders, alongside...

The mission was told the war destroyed high-power medium-wave and FM transmitters, buildings and television studios. Replacement of damaged broadcasting installations was estimated at 19,000 million...

The UN mission praised communications reconstruction but identified commissioning difficulties as projects multiplied. IRIB sometimes relied on equipment suppliers because trained engineers were...

Iran’s heritage priorities included revised plans, suitable organization, legal and financial support, workforce rehabilitation, modernized equipment and restoration of damaged sites and...

Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization estimated only about one tenth of restoration complete. The report recorded 37,300 million rials required and about 23,000 million spent, excluding overheads,...

Iran sought training in conservation, restoration, documentation and museology. The report also recorded needs for photogrammetric equipment, monument-inventory software, specialist publications and...

The report recorded requests for international advice on conserving stone, baked brick and adobe. Technical assistance was also sought for studying Shushtar’s ancient water mills and irrigation...