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| The Glory of Reconstruction |
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Soon after the
end of the eight-year Imposed War and the eve of commencement
of the second decade of revolution the necessity for the
rapid socio-economic reconstruction and the enhancement
of the national welfare became more evident than ever
before. The country's First Five-year Socio-economic and
Cultural Programme, designated for the 1989-1993 fiscal
year, was fully implemented after proper ratification.
As the fundamental insight and the ultimate goal of development,
"the economic median" distinguished the significance
of this particular era.
Relying upon the valuable guidelines and based on final
approval of the prominent Leader of the Islamic Revolution,
Grand Ayatollah Khamenei," the Second Five-year Programme
consisted of principal objectives such as : expansion
of social justice, increase of domestic products, development
of non-oil exports, promotion of the social institutions,
observance of the priority of investments, expansion of
people's participations in reconstruction of the country
as well as acquisition and implementation of satisfactory
monetary policies and fruitful banking strategies. |
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In compliance
with the execution of the country's two massive development
programmes, during the past eight years, numerous remarkable
revitalisation and reconstruction projects highlighted
the presidency of Mr. Hashemi Rafsanjani. The worthy accompolishments
of these years were all on display in an exhibition, held
on the 25th August 1996 in Tehran. Thirty -two ministries
as well as various executive organs, at the mentioned
fair, provided the public with ample information regarding
8,000 infrastructure-orientated projects, 80,000 cultural
plans and 800,000 service projects.
Many experts and analysts maintain that an accurate and
impartial assessment of the administrative role of the
executive branch certainly constitutes an essential and
effective means of evaluating the performance of the Islamic
Revolution as a whole. Thus, render their judgements based
upon the success and the failure of innumerable programmes
undertaken by the government since the inception of the
revolution. Consequently a brief description of the following
significant projects is quite warranted at this juncture. |
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Electricity |
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| The capacity
of the country's power stations has already increased
to a total of 22139 megawatt in 1995 vis-a-vis that of
7024 megawatt in 1978 and hence indicating a 300% growth.
More importantly, the production of electricity currently
reaches 1350 KWH illustrating a 168% increase as compared
with that of 1978. At present Iran exports its excessive
generated electricity to the neighbouring countries. For
instance, now Shahid Rajaee Power Station in Ghazvin annually
generates 1,000 extra MW electricity which substantially
adds to the power capacity of the country. |
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Shahid Ghandi telecommunication
cable factory |
Affiliated with
and supported by the Post, Telegraph and Telephone Ministry,
Shahid Ghandi Telecommunication Cable Factory was established
in the city of Yazd and its production line soon began
to operate in three separately programmed phases in 1984:
the first phase which included the mass production of
fiber-optic cables, the second phase which manufactured
the copper cables and the third phase whose total installation
has recently been completed.
Shahid Ghandi's annual production capacity now consists
of 6,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cables as well as four
billion meters of telecommunication conductors (copper
cables) which would certainly reach to a eight billion
meters capacity after the inauguration of the third phase.
Presently, not only its products successfully meet the
particular international standard (known as ISO 9000),
but the factory itself is also ranked as one of the most
reputable industries of its kind in the world.
After inauguration of Imam Khomeini Airport, now under
construction on the outskirts of Tehran, 4.5 million passengers
as well as 115 thousand tons of cargos will be transported
annually. |
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Imam Khomeini International Airport |
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to available statistics in 1978 the total number of
country's operational airports amounted to 24, with
the capacity of handling 4.7 million passengers, and
by 1995 the number of country's active airports capable
of receiving and handling 16 million passengers increased
to 32. Also the growth rate of various airports and
their reception capacities have successively been 133%
and 140% during post-revolution period. In 1995 approximately
six million passengers were transported via country's
numerous airlines, either on domestic or international
flights.
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