Mahdi Etesami, Director General of SADRA (Iran Marine Industrial Company), one of the largest contracting companies working in South Pars, said in an interview with Mehr that the announcement of the development of the various stages in South Pars within 35 months was political and unrealistic and that under current conditions, it is not clear when gas production would begin in the stages in the project. He emphasized that the reason behind the delays in the project is a severe shortage of funding.