Speaking to
Shana, Shahbaz Hassanpour Biglari, who is also a member of the planning and
budget committee of the parliament, said development and growth in all the
industries, including the petrochemical sector, must be even and balanced,
adding, “the petrochemical industry is an integral part of the petroleum
industry and a piece of this huge chain; therefore, the development process and
petrochemical development projects cannot be considered independently of other
sectors of the industry, especially the upstream sectors.”
The MP
added that petrochemical companies contributed greatly to non-oil exports in Iran,
adding the sector played a major role in generation of jobs and weaning the
country off petrodollars.
The
industry, which has been helping the country's economic and currency conditions
with its full potential and has injected its revenues into the economic cycle
of the country, is the petrochemical industry and, given the measures taken, it
has offered relative stability to the foreign exchange market, Mr. Biglari
added.