How to call a variable between the strings

Below is the apple script for opening multiple tab need to call the variable ' i ' between the string how this can be done in bash we use $i to call the variable.

repeat with i from 1 to 2

tell application "iTerm 2"
	tell current window
		create tab with default profile
	end tell
	tell current tab of current window
		set _new_session to last item of sessions
	end tell
	tell _new_session
		select
		set name to d(i)-tech