Ali Kheiruddin told a ceremony to introduce
Karoon Petrochemical Plan as the first knowledge-based company in the Persian
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC), said: “There are 49 science and
technology parks, 223 growth centers, 10,700 technology units and 6,700
knowledge-based companies in the country, of which about 1,800 of these are in
science and technology parks.”
He called unemployment as one of the biggest
problems in the country, and continued: "About 40% of the unemployed in
the country are university graduates, and this shows that we could not succeed
in attracting graduates to the labor market."
The Deputy Minister of Technology and
Innovation of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, noting that
65,000 knowledge-based jobs have been created in the country, added:
"Knowledge-based companies have been able to attract about 50,000
university graduates, so it is a good ground for knowledge-based
employment."