TEHRAN – Qolamhossein Gheibparvar, head of the Basij Organization, said on Sunday that his forces are going to build 3,000 solar power plants across the country.

“We will start building 3,000 solar power plants [each] with 5KW capacity this week,” he said at a press conference ahead of the Basij Week, which starts on November 20, Mehr reported.

He further said Basij aims to build 100KW solar power plants in the future.

Gheibparvar also touched upon Basij’s plans to revolutionize the agriculture sector in 39,000 rural areas, saying 4,000 expert teams will be dispatched to different regions of the country in this regard.

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