More than $8.5 billion investment has been attracted in the Iranian industries and mines sector since 2013-14, a senior government official said.

Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh told the Iranian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey that the investment had been made in 170 industrial and mineral projects and 80 of them have been successfully commissioned, according to an Irna report.

He added that more than $5.5 billion out of the foreign investment had been in the past one year and after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).