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Illuminated container terminal at Amirabad port
IRAN, UNFOLDED / INDUSTRY & ECONOMYFIELD NOTES — 02
A CLOSER LOOK AT IRAN

Ideas. Resources.
Real momentum.

Look beyond a single industry. Discover a productive landscape of maritime gateways, skilled manufacturing and mineral resources, connected by the work of people.

Explore this perspective
03 WAYS TO LOOK CLOSER
INDUSTRY & ECONOMY / THE FIELD GUIDESCROLL TO DISCOVER
01
PORTS

Where a country connects with the world.

Iran’s maritime gateways connect its interior with northern and southern waters. Amirabad faces the Caspian, while Shahid Rajaee near Bandar Abbas and Bandar Imam Khomeini on the southwestern coast serve different industrial and logistics hinterlands. Terminals, warehouses and transport networks form the working landscapes behind trade.

Amirabad · Caspian coastShahid Rajaee · Bandar AbbasBandar Imam Khomeini · Southwest
Rows of containers and cranes at Amirabad at night
01Amirabad · The northern maritime perspective
Aerial view of the Shahid Rajaee port complex
02Shahid Rajaee · A southern maritime gateway
Industrial port lights reflected on the water
03Bandar Imam Khomeini · Industry meets the coast
02
FACTORIES

Capability is built, one process at a time.

Vehicle assembly, machinery, industrial components and petrochemical processing reveal different scales of production. The factory floor brings together design, engineering, maintenance and skilled operation. These images offer a closer look at the physical processes behind products and infrastructure.

Vehicle assemblyHeavy machinery & componentsPetrochemical processing
Vehicles moving through an automotive assembly line
01Automotive · Coordinating a complex production line
A worker operating industrial manufacturing equipment
02Manufacturing · Precision at the workbench
Rows of heavy construction machinery
03Heavy equipment · Engineering at scale
Illuminated petrochemical processing facility
04Petrochemicals · A network of industrial processes
03
MINES & MATERIALS

From the ground to the things we make.

Mineral extraction and metals processing connect geology to industrial production. Copper, iron ore and other mineral resources support value chains that continue through smelting, refining and fabrication. The open pit and the finished metal show two very different stages of that journey.

Mineral extractionCopper & metalsProcessing & fabrication
Terraced benches spiraling into an open-pit mine
01Open-pit mining · Reading the layers of the earth
Rows of finished copper products in a processing facility
02Copper · From mineral resource to industrial material
ONE COUNTRY. MANY PERSPECTIVES.

Keep unfolding.

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