Publish Date: 4 March 2019 - 16:49

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Parliament Affairs, Mohammad Ali Javadi, said that %87 of Iran’s food security is currently provided on internal power.

He made the remarks Monday at a local event in Kermanshah, Iran’s western province.

“It can be promoted to %100 by more efforts in agricultural section,” he highlighted, adding that Iran was dependent on foreign countries in food security sector, however, the dependence has been significantly reduced in recent years.

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