BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 8. Iran issued loans worth 3.36 trillion rials (about $5.77 million) in Qom Province to support production growth and job creation in the first half of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through September 22, 2025), the head of the Qom branch of the Iranian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Mehdi Farahani, told reporters, Trend reports.
According to him, the loans were primarily directed toward sectors such as industry, agriculture, tourism, handicrafts, communications and information technology, education, culture, sports and youth, cooperation, and other related areas.
Farahani noted that a total of 10.2 trillion rials (about $17.5 million) has so far been allocated to Qom Province for credit issuance in various fields aimed at boosting production and employment, of which about 33% has been disbursed.
Currently, nearly 2,000 industrial enterprises operate in Qom Province, employing more than 57,000 people.
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