Official: Iran Ready to Help Iraq in Agriculture, Industry

Iran is ready to provide assistance to Iraq in the fields of agriculture and industry, an Iranian official said.

“We are ready to provide agricultural and technical support to Iraq in a bid to help that country set up agricultural and industrial units,” an official of the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Mohammad Reza Sanjabi said, addressing a delegation of visiting Iraqi officials on Friday.

He underlined that IROST is willing to share its valuable experiences with Iraq in agricultural and industrial fields.

Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.

Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in expanding their ties, in economic fields in particular.

The IROST, a comprehensive science policy research center, was established in 1980. It is affiliated to the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

The IROST has made great advances in providing alternative sources of energy, namely solar energy, biodiesel from microalgae and bi-ethanol from agricultural waste. IROST has also made considerable progress in the pharmacological field.