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Ahmadinejad: Iran Readying to Take Wide Leap in Economy
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the country's progress and advancement in different scientific, technological and economic fields, and announced that Iran is on the verge of a great leap.
"The opportunity is now present for a great leap, "Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, expressing the hope that the country's infrastructural projects would be completed within the next 2-3 years.
He also reiterated that the government is determined to assist and increase domestic production, and said, "We should reach a point where Iran-made goods and products with an Iranian label and a good quality are welcomed by customers throughout the world."
"This is possible," the Iranian president added.
Ahmadinejad's remarks come as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has named the Iranian new year as "The Year of Economic Jihad" in a move to stimulate the country's economy.
In a Nowrouz (Persian New Year) congratulatory message Ayatollah Khamenei called for concerted efforts by the Iranian nation and officials to prepare the grounds for a decade of economic growth.
Also, in October Ahmadinejad underlined his government's full support for scientific and development projects.
"The government is willing to fully back all scientific and development projects in the country without hesitation," Ahmadinejad said.
Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.
Earlier this month, Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi boasted the country's astonishing progress in producing medical tools, equipment and drugs, saying that Iran ranks first in synthesizing different drugs and medications in the region.
"Iran certainly ranks first in the region in producing medical equipment and medicine and those who stand behind us cannot be compared with Iran at all," Vahid Dastjerdi said addressing the inaugural ceremony of an international exhibition on medical, dentistry and laboratory equipments in Tehran on Monday.
Also in a landmark pharmaceutical progress, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced in January that Iranian scientists managed to synthesize two new types of radiomedicines to treat malignant types of cancer.
"The Iranian scientists and researchers of the AEOI's Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center succeeded in producing two new radiomedicines for the first time to cure malignant cancers," AEOI Spokesman Hamid Khadem Qaemi said at the time.
He named the radiomedicines as Lutetium-177 Phosponate (EDTMP) for bone pain palliation in metastatic prostate cancer and Iodine 131 Chlorotoxin to treat malignant glioma.
Also, Iran in December unveiled five different radiomedicine projects with applications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.
In September, Iran announced that it planned to synthesize 20 kinds of radiomedicine inside the country, stressing that its scientists were capable of supplying the 20%-enriched uranium needed for the production of such drugs.
"Iran has gained the necessary preparedness to produce 20 radiomedicines and we will provide the 20% (enriched) fuel needed for the production of these medicines this year," Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for Planning, International and Parliamentary Affairs Massoud Akhavan-Fard told FNA in September.
In addition to the Tehran research reactor which has long been used by radioisotope production, Iran also plans to build four other research reactors in the other parts of the country, he added.
Iran has proved highly capable in domestic production. The country was a net importer of gasoline until very recently, but after the western powers signaled that they intended to use gasoline supply to Iran as a pressure lever to stop the country's nuclear progress, Iran started domestic production of gasoline to the world surprise.
Iran increased its gasoline production after the United States and the European Union started approving their own unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
After the UN Security Council ratified a sanctions resolution against Iran on June 9, the US Senate passed a legislation to expand sanctions on foreign companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and those foreign companies that sell refined petroleum to Iran or help develop its refining capacity.
The bill, which later received the approval of the House of Representatives, said companies that continue to sell gasoline and other refined oil products to Iran would be banned from receiving Energy Department contracts to deliver crude to the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The bill was then signed into law by US President Barack Obama.
But Iran's self-sufficiency in gasoline production made Washington's plots fall flat. Iran boosted gasoline production so much that in September 2010, the country exported its first gasoline consignment to the foreign markets.
And in a final move to show its resolve, Iran on Thursday sold its first gasoline consignment through the Kish Island oil bourse in a final step in launching the country's petroleum bourse.
"The Bandar Abbas Refining Company sold 20,000 tons of its export gasoline at Iran's international mercantile bourse on the Kish Island," Ali Akbar Hashemian, the director general of Iran's Mercantile Exchange Company, said on Thursday.
Hashemian said the sale of gasoline on the stock market was the third and final phase in launching the country's petroleum bourse.
He added that the National Iranian Oil Products Company (NIOPDC) has agreed to put up at least 30,000 tons of gasoline for sale every month on the Kish bourse.
"The opportunity is now present for a great leap, "Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, expressing the hope that the country's infrastructural projects would be completed within the next 2-3 years.
He also reiterated that the government is determined to assist and increase domestic production, and said, "We should reach a point where Iran-made goods and products with an Iranian label and a good quality are welcomed by customers throughout the world."
"This is possible," the Iranian president added.
Ahmadinejad's remarks come as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has named the Iranian new year as "The Year of Economic Jihad" in a move to stimulate the country's economy.
In a Nowrouz (Persian New Year) congratulatory message Ayatollah Khamenei called for concerted efforts by the Iranian nation and officials to prepare the grounds for a decade of economic growth.
Also, in October Ahmadinejad underlined his government's full support for scientific and development projects.
"The government is willing to fully back all scientific and development projects in the country without hesitation," Ahmadinejad said.
Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.
Earlier this month, Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi boasted the country's astonishing progress in producing medical tools, equipment and drugs, saying that Iran ranks first in synthesizing different drugs and medications in the region.
"Iran certainly ranks first in the region in producing medical equipment and medicine and those who stand behind us cannot be compared with Iran at all," Vahid Dastjerdi said addressing the inaugural ceremony of an international exhibition on medical, dentistry and laboratory equipments in Tehran on Monday.
Also in a landmark pharmaceutical progress, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced in January that Iranian scientists managed to synthesize two new types of radiomedicines to treat malignant types of cancer.
"The Iranian scientists and researchers of the AEOI's Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center succeeded in producing two new radiomedicines for the first time to cure malignant cancers," AEOI Spokesman Hamid Khadem Qaemi said at the time.
He named the radiomedicines as Lutetium-177 Phosponate (EDTMP) for bone pain palliation in metastatic prostate cancer and Iodine 131 Chlorotoxin to treat malignant glioma.
Also, Iran in December unveiled five different radiomedicine projects with applications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a number of diseases.
In September, Iran announced that it planned to synthesize 20 kinds of radiomedicine inside the country, stressing that its scientists were capable of supplying the 20%-enriched uranium needed for the production of such drugs.
"Iran has gained the necessary preparedness to produce 20 radiomedicines and we will provide the 20% (enriched) fuel needed for the production of these medicines this year," Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) for Planning, International and Parliamentary Affairs Massoud Akhavan-Fard told FNA in September.
In addition to the Tehran research reactor which has long been used by radioisotope production, Iran also plans to build four other research reactors in the other parts of the country, he added.
Iran has proved highly capable in domestic production. The country was a net importer of gasoline until very recently, but after the western powers signaled that they intended to use gasoline supply to Iran as a pressure lever to stop the country's nuclear progress, Iran started domestic production of gasoline to the world surprise.
Iran increased its gasoline production after the United States and the European Union started approving their own unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
After the UN Security Council ratified a sanctions resolution against Iran on June 9, the US Senate passed a legislation to expand sanctions on foreign companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and those foreign companies that sell refined petroleum to Iran or help develop its refining capacity.
The bill, which later received the approval of the House of Representatives, said companies that continue to sell gasoline and other refined oil products to Iran would be banned from receiving Energy Department contracts to deliver crude to the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The bill was then signed into law by US President Barack Obama.
But Iran's self-sufficiency in gasoline production made Washington's plots fall flat. Iran boosted gasoline production so much that in September 2010, the country exported its first gasoline consignment to the foreign markets.
And in a final move to show its resolve, Iran on Thursday sold its first gasoline consignment through the Kish Island oil bourse in a final step in launching the country's petroleum bourse.
"The Bandar Abbas Refining Company sold 20,000 tons of its export gasoline at Iran's international mercantile bourse on the Kish Island," Ali Akbar Hashemian, the director general of Iran's Mercantile Exchange Company, said on Thursday.
Hashemian said the sale of gasoline on the stock market was the third and final phase in launching the country's petroleum bourse.
He added that the National Iranian Oil Products Company (NIOPDC) has agreed to put up at least 30,000 tons of gasoline for sale every month on the Kish bourse.
