News in Brief
Indigenous radars give Iran edge
TASNIM – Homegrown radars and missile systems have helped Iran emerge as one of the world’s strongest air defense powers, Commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force said.
With homegrown systems and radars at their bases, the Iranian Air Defense is monitoring each and every movement of the enemies, Alireza Sabahifard said on Wednesday.
He made it clear that Iran has no problem in detecting, tracking, intercepting, and destroying any type of aerial target from any generation.
UN lauds Iran’s aid to Afghan
refugees
IFP – The United Nations commended Iran, as the second largest host of refugees in the world, for its health services to Afghan migrants and refugees, promising more support for future efforts.
“The UN Population Fund has signed an agreement with (Iranian) health authorities to provide midwifery and nursing skill-based education to Afghan women and girls who are currently in Iran,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a press conference on
Tuesday.
Iran’s annual handicrafts exports at $300m
IRNA – An Iranian official said Wednesday that the country’s handicrafts exports had reached nearly $300 million per
year.
The main destinations for the exports are the Persian Gulf littoral states and Iraq, said Mohammad-Hossein Askarpour, a senior official with Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.