Agriculture: Agriculture is one of the
oldest income
sources in Iran. Close to one third of the
working population are engaged in
agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, and poultry
farming.
Aninmal Husbandry: Animal husbandry is more
or less , prevalent
throughout Iran, but much more so in Fars,
Chaharmahal-O-Bakhtiari, Kohkiloyeh-Va-
Boyerahmad, Mazandaran,Khorasan and
Azerbaijan mountainous areas.
Industry: About a third of the employed population is
engaged in industrial activities. In Iran, industry
includes the machine tool and the manual
sectors.
The first industry sector
of Iran covers oil
and gas industries, steel mills, copper,
petrochemicals, steel and aluminum, and
automobile assemblies.
Khuzestan province is the
major center of
petroleum industry in Iran. Presently, there are
over 30 oil-producing fields in the country.
Over half of the oil is exported as crude oil to
various countries and the remainder is used for
domestic consumption. Manual industries or
handicrafts include carpet and rug weaving,
pottery, tile-making, inlaid works , engravings,
enamelware , light summer shoes,
woodcarvings and material weavings called
termeh, shawl, karbas.
Commerce: Commerce and services
are mostly prevalent in major
and port cities. A good part of the working population
is engaged in these fields. Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz,
Isfahan, Shiraz, Bandar-Abbas and Bandar-Anzali
are
Iran's major centers of commerce and trade.
Transportation Land, sea and air routes
interconnect different parts
of Iran and connect the country to the outside world.
Iran's land routes (asphalt, non-asphalt and railroads)
total 90 thousand km .
The country's railway
network has been laid from north
to south and from east to west of the country. As
a
result of the completion of Bafgh-Bandar Abbas,
and
Mashhad-Sarakhs railroads, the network is now over
6000 km.Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Sea of
Oman, the Karoun river (from Khorramshahr to Ahwaz),
and the Arvand river comprise Iran's sea routes
and
waterways. Kish and Qeshm Islands and the Chah-Bahar
ports are nowadays the country's free trade zones.
Iran's 5 international
and 25 domestic airports
transport people and cargo among major cities and
other countries.
