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, we are at your service with the first page program. tonight , we are hosting the honorable chairman of iran's investment and economic and technical assistance organization, mr. fakhri, and we will talk about the capacities created to attract foreign capital and how much we were able to use this. we will use the capacity and to what extent the attraction of capital will take place and in what fields it will be and finally what economic benefits these investments will bring to the country . you have accepted our invitation . salam alaikum, to serve you and dear viewers, i offer my greetings and politeness. god willing, we are at your service. may we be healthy . how is the investment going, mr. fakhri? if we want to talk about a comparison , then it is very different compared to the past. before the 13th government

, the conditions were very different, but to say that we are satisfied there is a sector, no, it is still not satisfactory for us, we still have a lot of work to do until we reach the desired point , that is, if you want, please provide statistics, see how much we have changed. "approved" means that investment projects that foreign parties have expressed interest in and have brought parts of their capital into iran. starting, that is , the investment projects that have been started were 9 billion dollars. well, this is very different compared to the past . only in one year 1401 we can now let us tell you the statistics definitively. we attracted nearly four and two-tenths billion dollars

of foreign investment, which was a very significant growth compared to the previous years. well, this is very different from the past, but this figure is satisfactory for us now, no, we still have to say that the billion that you said , 4 billion, has been realized. it is true that the 4 billion is definitively 14th, only in 1401. i told you to invest. in these plans , it started with the second set of 140 it is also in addition to the first 8 months of the 1402 period of the 13th government, this has definitely happened now, the 9 billion dollars that you said, with the exception of the first 8 months of the 13th period, which is going on now, which is about 3 billion dollars related to this period of time, 32

billion dollars. it means that 6 billion has definitely happened, in fact, it has definitely happened out of 9 billion, but this statistic is related to the year 1402, we still cannot definitively say to the viewers that it happened now, but it is going on . let's provide that all this amount can be used by everyone this so-called capital can enter the country. it is very logical and realistic. if we want to set a target, see how much traction it will have to increase . well, there are many factors involved in it . it is not only iran's internal factors that are decisive in attracting and attracting capital. many external factors are involved in this issue. but i myself think that if we

want to set goals, we should at least for every year in the current conditions with the environmental conditions we have. a billion dollars should be our goal, and it depends on the type of year. i offer you 10 billion dollars this depends on how we can provide the conditions for the entry of these foreign capitals. well, if you agree, let's see a report and come back. the investment in 2020 shows that inflation and inflationary stagnation will destroy many investment opportunities in the countries. he stopped the foreign investment in the world in 2022 decreased by 12% compared to the last year. expressing his concern about the decrease in foreign investment in different countries

, he cited inflation and tensions between countries as the main reasons, but some countries especially in the islamic republic , in the same period, not only the decrease in the amount of investment they didn't have foreigners, but they also showed the increase from themselves. in a recent report published by ankdad , iran was able to attract one billion and 500 million dollars of foreign investment in 2022. 8 billion and 90 million dollars from the beginning of the government's work until the end of october 1402. valid foreign investment in the country has been concluded. we have had the largest amount of investment from russia during these two years. there is the united arab emirates , there is turkey, there is afghanistan . of course, the experts in the investment field were not satisfied with this level of growth and

they said that it can be proven that a very big number 10 20 times 30 times that oil, only the value of the country's location, the right location in the region, has led to iran becoming the fourth investment destination in west asia in 2022. when a foreign investor comes, he needs a series of developments that he has to do in order for his work to take shape, and he himself comes to develop the infrastructure in order for his work to take shape. iran's membership in organizations such as the shanghai cooperation organization and eco is a gateway for investment growth, which of course is one of its routes through iran's free and special economic zones. we have identified certain points we have established that now 50 are active in the name of free and economic zones and special economic zones , which, apart from the general conditions of the iranian economy , have tax exemptions, customs exemptions, and their administrative affairs are done in the free zone, for example , they do not need visas and visas.

that the legislator has considered for these areas, the use of these capacities can lead to the growth of foreign investment and also to create employment in the country, narges mezhazi of radio and television, well, in the report, almost in terms of the ranking, which said that we are the fourth in we are in west asia in terms of attracting capital if we want to compare our situation with our neighboring countries, for example, let's say how much investment does the uae attract in a year or how much does turkey attract, look at the statistics that they are currently presenting in the world ranking. well, all the majority of our neighboring countries have seen a decrease in investment growth. being now for various reasons that were mentioned in this report. but what happened in iran in these two years, well, by changing

the approach we had, we actually moved towards real countries that send real capital that can cooperate with us in iran instead of that we want to wait so that those who want to enter iran for political reasons or due to the international conditions of their own choice, instead of waiting for them, which happened in the past years, well, you mean the west, yes, exactly yes, that is, for example let me tell you, now in the same report, it was also mentioned that an investor in the oil and gas field could be total france, an investor in the oil and gas field could be vostok or one of the russian companies. to which one of these should you move these statistics?

now we are talking about it, the result is that you go to a country that puts dozens of conditions in order to come and invest, and then it is not clear whether it will get permission from the biggest powers like the united states to enter iran. it may or may not be found. well, for example, you can see that total came in the years after the jcpoa. total entered the 11th phase of south pars. well, the value of the investment was announced at once, which was four and four to ten billion dollars . ready to announce the ready. done for investment , but practically not a single dollar came in and that license is invalid of course, these invalids were not removed from the statistics since we came here. we only announce the statistics that

at least a part of the capital has entered iran, which means that the investment work has started. well , they have entered the oil project for days and it is a two and seven-tenth billion dollar project that they started, but it became hard, and now we are part of the capital of that hard, and the work in ilam province has started now, that is, it is not like it is just a paper that is in the investment organization and after some time, this paper will be invalidated and removed, of course. this is what i say to it doesn't mean that even now we don't have any invalid investments at all, we removed all of these from our statistics. for example , last year, a foreign investor from europe decided to build a stadium in iran. he is ready to come and invest in iran. we didn't even close this model of investors, but

after a while he announced that he couldn't come and didn't enter, so we removed that figure from our statistics. that economic analysts want to check how the situation really is now they should not deviate in their analysis, so that this deviation will be transferred to the level of policy-making later on , so that the policy-makers will actually have a deviation as to what investment has really entered the country and what expectations we should have or what behavior we should have. in order to increase the attraction of investment, we insisted that we should correct the statistical method in our own period. we were. much higher than this we were going to

for example, during my period, i only removed at least 5 billion dollars from the statistics in this period, i.e. investors who now for any reason, for example, now i want to speak more clearly , for example, there were negotiations somewhere , one investment was made at one time. he said it is a good opportunity, maybe something will happen, we did not close the door, we are always welcome. what are we going to do? the one who spoke in europe is included in the statistics. yes, this is included in the statistics, but i will record these statistics to my colleagues. your service remember, i said at first that i said that we still can't announce the final 3.2 tenths of 1402, because according to the investment law and the regulations that we have, 6 months after he registers his request, he has the opportunity to get a part of the capital . enter iran.

well, since 1402, the so-called first months have passed, but since the second and third months, it has not been 6 months that i can accurately tell the viewers and those who are now following these technical issues that are now exactly how much of this 3.2 billion dollars actually enters iran or works? starting in iran. this was not the case in the past. anyone who actually comes would declare the statistics, that is, the request, and the license would be issued to him, even if the license was revoked after some time, like total, it would still be in the statistics. and at that time, it caused deviations in everyone's decisions, i.e. economic activists , deviations in decision-making and even politicians , what is the reality of the investment field now? we

are announcing the statistics of the participants, which means that now i can definitely say that until the end in 1401, we announce that it was about from the beginning of the government to the end of 1401, this has definitely happened because we have taken everything that we had to take out from you, but since the beginning of 1402, which is 3.22 tenths left, since the beginning of 1402, this amount of time investment it is necessary for us to be able to say exactly how much has actually entered the country. and how much is it? no, the investor or the applicant for investment has not actually done anything before. what number will we check by the end of 1402 ?

we will reach it. in 1401, we were able to definitively register four and two tenths, that is , the plans that entered the country entered the country from their capital and it started. we are trying to work together with the government, the central bank, and the related institutions that issue the permits, so to speak, these processes and administrative paths that exist in the country , through learning to work with you in different areas , which this statistic, for example, is 6 billion dollars. let's bring it all to reality as far as we can. after iranians abroad, if they bring capital into the country, this is also considered as part of your foreign capital statistics, if the origin of their supply is foreign, that is, we

have iranians abroad who have the financial resources , but taking those financial resources from iran is not for him , but for us. we don't consider it as foreign capital. by the way, this was a point that was discussed with mrs. debir kalat, whom we interviewed now , because her statistics were different from the statistics that we give . our investment world and i had a discussion with them i had the same issue with mr. dr. khandozi, the minister we went to, we had a meeting, and i told them that we have iranians from abroad whose capital is foreign, these are in our statistics, we include them because they are also it is the type of foreign capital that an iranian living abroad is bringing into the country, and by the way, their figure is also significant. now , when we say country , we want to give national statistics. well, naturally

, we do not include iranians living abroad in national statistics, that is. because it will become iran again. in fact, because they are the character of the country they are our own, but from the point of view of the origin of the capital, because the origin of the capital is foreign, so this capital is part of the foreign investment in the country, it does not matter who brings the capital , the origin of the foreign currency is important. they attract and invest inside iran, this is not our statistics , this is our only important statistic, which is foreign, wants iranian, wants foreign, anyone wants. whoever he is, his nationality is not important to us, his origin is important to us , what is the percentage of this in the statistics, if we want 1402 looking at those 3 and the second one that we mentioned, how many percent are iranians who are outside the country and their origin is foreign, about 200, good, in

this respect, it is good , but we have to work, that is, we have to make the conditions one of the programs that we had in the government. and the ministry of economy has been following it collectively, that is, the various departments of the ministry of economy have been following this facilitation of the entry of iranian capital from abroad, who are very interested , then you go to them or they come on their own, mostly they express their interest , of course you know. now this is a lot of interest it happens through our embassies in foreign countries and they announce their interested parties. after they announce their interest , we will start our work at that time, but at the same time, in some countries, for example, recently, we took a trip together. mr. wazir, we were going to the united arab emirates and we are also going to meet them to explain the conditions to them, what new educations we are providing

for those who want to invest and to encourage them from through the oven, what are the investment opportunities now and welcome it has been very good, that is, in almost all of our foreign trips, one of our programs is the program with iranians living in those countries, and they have received a good reception and it has yielded results, that is, we have attracted a good amount of iranians in this program . when we say that we are the fourth western country, for example, our distance from the third country , the second or the first, may be very meaningful. the reason we went up was because they went down a bit

coming means this is what happened to them, for example, almost, for example, the average suffering was almost a statistic. in the statistics, maybe now, because i don't remember you, for example , it's about 10-12 billion dollars per year, not more than this , not more than this. which means investment plan, because you know, when a plan starts, it's just now, whether it's an investor , it doesn't matter, when an investment plan starts, today, when it starts , not all the money will come in today, well, invest gradually. it happens to complete a plan in the sixth target program what has been set to attract foreign capital? look at the target setting that happened in the programs . before, of course, it has become very different now . they mainly used to set the target in reverse , that is, they said how much economic growth do we need? we have internal tools, or we have internal capabilities, or we have internal capital to achieve this goal, the rest

will be external, now will it be achieved or not, that is, well, i myself was really critical, and how much was we in it this year, sorry, for almost a year, for example, how much was it until as far as i remember, 15 billion dollars it was 15 billion dollars, yes. well, this is not specialized. this is how we want to act, that is, let's determine a growth rate first, and then say, well , how much can we finance from the inside in order to reach this growth rate? well, this amount goes with the rest. let's say it's foreign, now or of course, i'll say what you said. this is an important point. now, all these statistics that i was giving you and the dear viewers are in foreign direct investments. we also have another article under the title of foreign financing. or now the western term is the same as finance

they say that it is not in these statistics, which means that we are not talking about foreign finance now, but anyway , i say that in the model of the program, it meant that we should come , no growth was happening, no internal supply , we saw the same thing, the growth rate of performance is why i i think that we are now moving towards setting real goals in the 7th plan. now that it is being decided in the so-called government program, how did they try to achieve the same figures? if it is not, it means that we should not announce a specific figure, we should announce indicators what should we do, for example, for example, let's say that we had just the last few days, we still have about it. let's talk, for example, let's announce the index, which is supposed to be 30 more than the average of the last 5 years. see, this is a meaningful index, that is

, what has happened in the last five years, because it wants to invest, usually in 5 years, in a five-year period. should we say that we take the average of iran's neighbors because we live in the same environment and say it is equal to the average of the neighbors. iran, because we all have the same environment , we are almost similar to each other in terms of conditions. but if let's decide, of course, we will follow now which one you suggested, which one is in the text? our proposal , which we gave as the head of the investment organization, is based on these indicators. was it the average of the countries or, for example , did we put it together at our own discretion, but now which one has been approved, i don't know. the fact that we are subservient in any case means that if the honorable representatives of the islamic council put a figure there and say that we must reach this figure

, we will try our best to reach that figure, which did not work out, which would be considered a failure, not a plan. the sixth is the top number. yes, i will say this. well, i have this number. i am saying this technically. now, whatever decision is made, it is a general decision that will be made, but technically, we have to go towards defining an index, that is, let's say with this indicator is the expectation that we define from the investment organization and the country group because now the investment category is only our organization, in fact, the country group is working in this area so that we can do this group with a precise targeting. and if it moves correctly , it is better that we define an index for it. nine numbers at that time, everyone's idea is that it may not be possible to reach that number at all, or if it is possible, you may surpass it

. if it is without an index, it means that because this number is designed in reverse, we mainly define the growth rate, then we come to determine it part by part, and say this is the share of foreign capital , maybe now, i, as an expert , say that this is the title of operator of any railway that they leave for us, we naturally move in the same direction , the main part of this investment that happens is mostly in what situation is discussed, for example, our oil is very whether it is attractive or not, there are really areas that can be attractive to everyone . well , even now that we are talking to each other, oil and gas are still the first place in attracting investment. and gas, no, by the way, umm salal, we have less oil and gas this year, we have much less input , that is, there have been requests to invest in oil and gas, of course

, but it has not yet entered our organization, because you know , now it is good that you said this. let me say that what we are announcing now is related to investors who are part of the organization investments request a license to be protected by the foreign investment protection law, but we also have investors who do not apply for this license, which means that they say that we want to come and invest by ourselves , there is no need to use we don't have the law to support foreign investment, and by the way, in the oil field , many investors who enter this field, that is, enter the application process for the license application, and these often do not go through, their number is large , yes, it is significant, and then we are at the end of the year. the basis of article 22 of the so-called mirror

foreign investment there, at the end of the year, we request the various ministries to provide the statistics to consolidate the investment statistics , which are the ones we have now, i tell you, these are not here in the overall foreign investment statistics there. this means that the support you are providing is not attractive to them, no, it does not mean this, it means that now there is a lot of discussion, it will be appropriated, it means that , for example, if we want to provide this support , we tell the foreign investor that you have to invest in this channel that we define let's sell with these prices that we define and enter the investment plan. well, you are interfering without me, because anyway we say that the amount of foreign investors entering the country should

be used by the country's currency system. ok. but once the investor says that i can offer this at a higher price in the open market, or i can reach a bilateral understanding with a sector, for example, in the oil field, which will bring me more, of course, this year. now that you have said it , let me tell you that we came with the central bank we also defined the preferred options for the investors, which now gives us hope that a larger part of these funds , the support that you say is for our national interests, so that for investment, neither you nor we support the investor. we will let the person who wants, for example, come here, wants to get more benefits, come here, in your format, he may definitely do it, it is possible that it may be less, it may be less, in fact , they will buy it at a lower price. to the preferred rate in fact capital capital

we buy foreign investors, but not us. the support provided by the law on the protection of foreign investment is one of the most important support, which is political support , that is , we cover any kind of nationalization, any kind of damage. which can affect the investment of a foreign investor in iran, all of them are covered by iran's foreign investment law , but if, for example, negotiations and investment are made directly with the ministry of petroleum, it may not be covered by this law, he must get permission get a foreign investment permit the most important feature of the foreign investment license is that it covers their political risk, whenever they want to take their capital or profit out of the country , we guarantee it.