Speaking to IRNA, Samimidoust said that some 7,230 billion rials of the amount has been allocated to Gachsaran Petrochemical project, with the rest 1,000 billion rials being allocated to Dehdasht petrochemical project.
He said that Gachsaran project has now made 73% progress while it was just 40% complete before the sanctions two and a half years ago.
He also said that Dehdasht project has made 22% progress since the imposition of sanctions in 2018.
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