Final UN annex records Qasr-e-Shirin’s limited interim telephone recovery

TCI reported 62 percent inflation over the preceding three years and said its 115,000-million-rial damaged-asset estimate needed upward revision. The annex distinguished the original valuation from...

Across the June and November missions, experts inspected fifteen towns, including nine heavily damaged ones. Verification combined direct inspection, photographs, nearby building damage and checks...

Bostan’s destroyed 200-line exchange was replaced by a commissioned 100-line exchange and twelve-channel carrier. The annex reported a radio link still being installed and planned population growth...

Dehloran had an operational 100-line telephone exchange, while a 1,000-line exchange with microwave links was expected to be commissioned. The annex described repeated wartime replacement and...

Mehran’s destroyed 500-line exchange was replaced by an interim 100-line exchange with a 24-channel UHF system. The annex expected substantial expansion as the town developed; interim service did...

The annex identified Asadabad’s earth-station complex as heavily damaged, an exception to the generally less serious damage at targeted interior telecommunications installations. The report did not...

Experts considered that part of the damaged underground cable network might be recovered, but tracing telephone conductors and reconnecting them would require substantial labour. Possible salvage...

The mission considered modern technology and competitive international procurement potentially able to reduce cost per telephone line. Iran remained dependent on current domestic factory output...

TCI’s reconstruction plans sought to accommodate original residents and displaced people from surrounding areas. The annex described a need to expand and modernize services beyond merely restoring...

TCI reported 40,000 million rials already spent on reconstruction, equivalent in its calculation to about 47,000 million at current prices. The two figures expressed the same expenditure on...