Final UN annex distinguishes prewar output from installed factory capacity

In Khorramshahr, all but a few mechanized production units were still in ruins at assessment, though many reconstruction plans were advanced. The annex distinguished this devastated area from...

Some mobile craftsmen, including tailors, bakers and welders, preferred to stay in their new home areas rather than return. The annex noted incentives to attract them back, while reporting little...

About 35 Qasr-e-Shirin brick makers whose units had been demolished were regrouping into three larger nearby enterprises under construction. The annex recorded consolidation during rebuilding, not...

Skilled workers for the rehabilitated Khorramshahr soap plant had to be brought from Tehran. The annex identified this local exception to generally adequate labor availability during industrial...

Dorud Cement Factory and Pars Paper Factory lacked standby generators, proper maintenance facilities and adequate spare-part stores. The annex warned that restoring output without these backups left...

Larger factories outside ground-fighting areas kept output going through improvised repairs, later cannibalizing their own machinery or obtaining parts from other Iranian factories as spare stocks ran...

Khuzestan Sterilized Milk Company’s reconstruction aimed for output four times its prewar installed capacity. The dairy had remained devastated until the area became safe in 1989; the annex...

The mission proposed closer links between Iranian sectoral advisory units, an industry–university scientific council and overseas technology databases. These links could support authoritative advice...

The annex proposed using UNIDO and other organizations’ experience to connect Iranian industry with prospective foreign partners and assist contract negotiations. Potential partners included equipment...

Rough levelling of rain-fed land required over 500 cubic metres of earth moved per hectare. Irrigated land required about 1,000 in Khuzestan and 1,500–2,500 in Ilam and Bakhtaran, the annex...