Preliminary phase of new missile drill launched in Iran
Tehran, July 2, IRNA – The preliminary phase of the missile drill dubbed as
"The Great Prophet 7" started early Monday morning.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will test its surface-to-surface
missiles in the dessert areas.
The drill is aimed at testing Iran's latest surface-to-surface missile
achievements and will run for three days in the central Iranian province of
Semnan.
Various long-range, middle-range and short-range missiles will be used in the
drill.
40pc progress recorded in SP phase 14 development project
Bushehr, July 2, IRNA – The official in charge of project on development of
phase 14 of South Pars gas field Saeed Sattari says 40 percent progress has
been registered in the implementation of the project.
Sattari said operations will begin next month to drill 44 appraisal wells
once necessary jackets are installed.
He said two drilling machines have been set up in the area for the purpose.
He added that a 55-percent progress has also been recorded in a project for
laying pipelines.
The South Pars gas field is located in the Persian Gulf in the border area
between Iran and Qatar. The field's reserves are estimated at 14 trillion cubic
meters of gas and 18 billion barrels of gas condensates. The South Pars field
covers an area of 3,700 square kilometers.
The process of developing gas production projects in the South Pars Special
Economic Energy Zone is divided into 28 phases, which will officially come on
stream in the next 35 months.
Iran has 137.6 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and 29.61 trillion cubic
meters of proven gas reserves, placing it at the third place in the world in
terms of oil reserves and second in terms of gas reserves.
Anniversary of US shooting down of Iran passenger flight observed
Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan prov, July 2, IRNA – The anniversary of the shooting
down of the Iranian passenger flight by the US navy in the Persian Gulf was
observed here on Monday.
During a commemoration ceremony held on the occasion this morning, the
location of the crash of the plane was showered with flowers.
A number of families of the martyred passengers as well as army and civil
officials attended the ceremony.
Some 299 Iranian nationals and foreign passengers aboard the flight lost their
lives as a result of the attack.
During the last year of Iran’s 1980-88 imposed war with Iraq, a US warship shot
down an Iranian passenger Airbus plane over the Persian Gulf on July 2, 1988.
In fact, in pursuit of its policy to “change Iran’s behavior”, the United
States had resorted to the most obvious terrorist tool, that was, shooting down
of a passenger plane which was flying through an ordinary corridor.
The measure taken by the US navy, which had few historical precedents, cannot
be described by any other phrase than “state terrorism”.
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