The head of the Privatization Organization said: "65 petrochemical companies have been transferred to the private sector and the government no longer has a meaningful stake in this industry, and the creation of a regulatory body is essential to organize the market and support competitiveness."

The Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Passive Defense at the National Petrochemical Industries Company said: "The petrochemical industry emphasizes managing water resources by recycling and using wastewater."

Shazand Petrochemical Company will enter one of the largest overhauls in the last decade on June 7th; at the same time, disruptions in land transportation have challenged the complex's feedstock and affected production and sales; but perhaps the most promising news for shareholders is the reform of the feedstock pricing method starting in July.

The deputy chairman of the National Development Fund's executive board said: "If at least 20 complementary petrochemical industry projects are introduced and proposed and approved by the National Petrochemical Industries Company, a total of $200 million in funding will be allocated to finance these projects, and it will be divided among them based on need."

The CEO of Petrochemical Research and Technology Company pointed to the valuable achievements of this company in the field of localization of technical knowledge and catalysts needed by the petrochemical industry and said: "The Petrochemical Research and Technology Company has had a successful performance in meeting domestic and export needs."

The investment manager of the National Petrochemical Industries Company said: So far, $87 billion has been invested in the petrochemical industry, of which $26.3 billion has been provided from foreign sources.

Kermanshah Petrochemical started 2025 with a significant jump in production; the more than doubling of ammonia and urea production in the first two months of this year compared to the same period last year has put this complex on the path to establishing its position in the methane value chain.

A petrochemical expert warns that the country's excessive focus on the limited production of certain products such as methanol and urea is the Achilles' heel of the petrochemical industry, and says that if balanced development is not carried out in this area to produce MTO units and the like, within the next few years Iran will not only not be able to export petrochemical and chemical products, but will also become an importer.

The CEO of Sabalan Petrochemical Company announced a reduction in the company's production capacity due to a shortage of oxygen, water, and gas.

Experts warn that a decline in ethane production in the coming years could cripple the country's ethylene chain and the bitter tragedy of methanol producers could now be repeated for olefins; they see the way out as the construction of MTO units and an end to the sale of methanol as crude.