Iran to build 200,000 houses in Syria

Iran has undertaken to construct 200,000 housing units in Syria, an official said.

Deputy head of the mass construction association of Tehran Province, Iraj Rahbar said Iran and Syria have recently signed a number of agreements on housing, tourism and agriculture industry projects, reported Mehr News Agency.

According to the plans, Iran will build 200,000 houses in Syria in the form of multifamily residential complexes, mainly in Damascus, he added.

Rahbar said that Iran and Syria had signed construction protocols before the outbreak of war in the Arab country and that Syrian authorities have recognized Iran as a reliable partner.

Last month, Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri visited Syria at the head of a 40-member political and business delegation during which the two sides inked 11 agreements.

In December 2018, Syria’s Ambassador to Iran Adnan Mahmoud said his country gives priority to Iran in the reconstruction process of Syria after years of war.

In September 2017, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that Iran will assist the Syrian nation in reconstructing their country after the war, in the same way that it contributed to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Arab state amid the crisis.