In an interview with this media outlet, the CEO of Shazand Petrochemical Company described the company's most important recent challenge as the cessation of gasoline exports to Afghanistan, saying that as the country's standards became stricter, the export of 80-octane gasoline, which previously constituted an important part of Shazand's income, has been halted.

Abbas Karimi revealed the excessive hiring during the previous administration, the heavy costs of human resources, the high-profile overhaul in the middle of the war, and the drop in income due to the suspension of gasoline exports.

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 head of Region 5 of the Shazand Oil Refinery said: "The major repairs of the Imam Khomeini (RA) Shazand Oil Refining Company were carried out using local capacities, equipment, and domestic experts."

In order to eliminate the pollution of Shazand thermal power plant, a consortium of knowledge-based companies is formed.

Central governor said: We did not allow the development of Shazand power plant and the final solution is to close the power plant with this very old technology.