He made the remark in a meeting with the deputy head of Iran+s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization for investment and planning, Hossein Fazeli.

Fazeli said investment opportunities in Iran are not comparable with other countries, adding that the government has facilitated investments for building access routes and providing water, electricity and gas to tourism projects, CHTN reported.

“The department will launch residential complexes in different parts of the country with the logo of the company investing in the project. The government provides investors with land and receive its price five years after the launch of the complex,” he said.

Fazeli said banks will also offer loan to investors after the evaluation of projects by experts.

Moragoda referred to his trip to Iran and said the country+s tourism potentials are high.

“Our country was involved in a 30-year war until last week, but fortunately the war is over and Sri Lanka is doing its best to develop the country,” he said.