Tehran, Iran, May 10
By Mehdi Sepahvand - Trend:
The Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Base, a subsidiary of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has picked 40 new civil megaprojects across Iran, the organization's commander Ebadollah Abdollahi has said.
The projects fall in different areas, including water, railways, roads, industry, and mining, he told Tasnim news agency May 10.
A day earlier, Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company CEO Abolqassem Rahmani said the company and Khatam al-Anbiya have signed an MoU to jointly work on South Pars phases 13, 22, 23, and 24.
In February, Abdollahi announced that the base submitted a proposal to the government to launch a huge power and fresh water production zone in southern Iran.
The zone, he said, is proposed to be launched by Iran's gas production hub Asaluyeh to use the gas in generating electricity and treating water.
Khatam ul-Anbiya is the IRGC's major engineering arm and one of Iran's largest contractors in industrial and development projects. It was created during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war to help rebuild the country, and has diversified over the years into companies dealing with mechanical engineering, energy, mining and defense.