Industry and mine attracted nearly a quarter of Iran’s total investment, considering a 14 percent rise in the sectors’ investment in the previous decade, said the acting industries and mines minister here on Friday.

Referring to the key economic role of industry and mine, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian added that the sectors had a 77.5 percent share in non-oil exports in last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2007).

The official called for formation of a working group to focus on the potentials of the two sectors.

Mehrabian said the development of single industries is the gate to industrial promotion.

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