
Upon arrival, the President was welcomed by Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh as well as a number of local officials.
Assalouyeh is known as Iran?s ?energy capital.?
While in Assalouyeh, President Rouhani is to participate in a local meeting, tour South Pars gas field as well as several petrochemical complexes.
President Rouhani arrived in Bushehr province Saturday morning to visit the quake-stricken areas.
Minutes after arrival, President Rouhani went to a hospital where the injured of the Dashtestan quake were being cured.
Two days ago, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the provincial city of Dashtestan leaving seven dead and 195 wounded.
By IRNA
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