TEHRAN – On the occasion of the Ten-Day Dawn (Feb. 1-10, marking the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially inaugurated 900 large projects in 30 provinces, each 30 projects, simultaneously on Monday via a video-conference link, IRIB reported.

The second phase of the Shiraz-Isfahan Railway in Fars Province, the Instrument Landing Service at Kerman Airport in Kerman Province, the 230KV power transmission line of Ardestan-Qayem-Ravand in Isfahan Province, 110 schools in Khorasan Razavi Province, and the technical college of Orumieh University in West Azarbaijan Province are some of the most important projects.
Post Bank unveils Faraz integrated e-banking system
The integrated electronic banking system dubbed ‘Faraz’ was inaugurated on Monday by the Post Bank of Iran.
According to IRINN, the system has been fully designed by domestic experts based on indigenized IT knowledge and provides users with online banking, internet banking, cell phone banking, SMS banking, and telephone banking.
The Post Bank of Iran will also open 1,463 offices in urban and rural regions across the country.
103 economic plans financed by National Development Fund
The managing director of the National Cooperatives Fund of Iran stated in Tehran on Monday that 103 economic plans will be inaugurated at the cost of 200 billion rials (about $20.68 million) throughout the country.
Twenty four agricultural plans, 54 industrial and mining plans, 13 housing and construction plans, and 12 service provision plans will generate some 1480 jobs, IRIB quoted Mashallah Azimi as saying.
The Fund has paid 4,300 billion rials in loans to applicants, generating over 16,000 job opportunities and maintaining about 32,000 existing jobs in the past 10 months.
Over 1,200 gas supply projects to come on stream
The managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company said that 1,264 gas supply projects worth 37 trillion rials ($3.8 billion) will come on stream in the country during the Ten–Day Dawn period.
IRIB quoted Azizollah Ramezani as saying that 8 cross-country gas pipelines to the length of 1410 kilometers costing some $250 million, 7 gas pressure boosting stations costing about $720 million, and 1,249 other gas-related projects at the cost of about $460 million are to be inaugurated.
A national plan for supplying gas to 1,112 villages will also go on stream, the official said