The head of Iran Stone Association, while pointing to the need for new investment in the country’s mining sector, stated: “The mining sector, from exploration to extraction and processing, downstream industries, and the mineral chain, needs investment to be far from exporting raw materials.”

Bahram Shakouri, in an interview with IRNA’s economic correspondent, referring to the realization of the year’s slogan ( “Investment for Production,”) stated: “Our country has the capacity for investment in every aspect, so that mining and copper can replace oil.”

He added: “The necessary platforms for the activity of the private sector must be provided, and by reducing state intervention in the public sector, we must respect the ownership of the private sector.”