TEHRAN (Iran News) Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has referred to the crime committed by the proxy terrorists in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, saying that terrorists targeted innocent people, who stood firm against the military aggression of the Israeli regime and the United States against Iran with their unity and solidarity.

The killing of Navid, a seven-month-old child in his mother’s arms, is another testament to the suffering of the Iranian people, Qalibaf said.

The speaker emphasized that the armed and security forces of Iran, just as they decisively dealt with the terrorists responsible for the Saturday incident, will confront other agents and accomplices of this crime as well.

Pointing to the unprecedented unity of the Iranian people over the past 40 days, which dealt the hardest blow to the face of the Israeli enemy, he said that the enemy wants to take revenge on the powerful and oppressed people of Iran even more through economic warfare and psychological operations.

Qalibaf also expressed condolences on the 40th day of the martyrdom of compatriots, the brave commanders, and scholars during the aggression of the Israeli regime in the imposed 12-day war. He said that the Israeli criminals have once again proven that terrorism is an inseparable trait of theirs, making no distinction between military and civilian, old and young, or men and women.

The speaker further referred to the situation in the Gaza Strip, saying that this illegitimate child and cancerous tumor of the Western world, which is currently orchestrating one of the greatest tragedies in history in Gaza, must be stopped as soon as possible before it plunges the entire region and the world into greater chaos.

At least nine individuals, including three of the assailants, were killed in the armed attack by a terrorist group on a courthouse in Zahedan on Saturday.

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TEHRAN (Iran News)  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned a terrorist act in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, on Saturday.

The terrorist attack on the Judiciary building in Zahedan resulted in death and injury of a number of innocent compatriots, including a mother and an infant.

While expressing condolences to the bereaved families and wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this terrorist crime, Baqaei emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran’s determination to identify the perpetrators and those who ordered this crime and to try and punish them.

TEHRAN (Iran News)  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned a terrorist act in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, on Saturday.

The terrorist attack on the Judiciary building in Zahedan resulted in death and injury of a number of innocent compatriots, including a mother and an infant.

While expressing condolences to the bereaved families and wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this terrorist crime, Baqaei emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran’s determination to identify the perpetrators and those who ordered this crime and to try and punish them.

TEHRAN (Iran News)  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has condemned a terrorist act in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, on Saturday.

The terrorist attack on the Judiciary building in Zahedan resulted in death and injury of a number of innocent compatriots, including a mother and an infant.

While expressing condolences to the bereaved families and wishing a speedy recovery to those injured in this terrorist crime, Baqaei emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran’s determination to identify the perpetrators and those who ordered this crime and to try and punish them.

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IRAN NEWS NATIONAL DESK

TEHRAN – The Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Division has said that the country is receiving signals from its recently launched Noor satellite and that it plans to launch a future satellite in higher orbit.

Speaking on Thursday, Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh said that Iran had received the satellite’s signals from stations near the capital Tehran and the southeastern cities of Zahedan and Chabahar following its launch.

“We received the latest signal last night,” he added, explaining that the satellite orbits the earth every 90 minutes.

“The satellite’s configurations will be fully set in a few days allowing the satellite to attain its full operational capacity,” he added.

Iran’s first military satellite, dubbed Noor-1 (Light 1), was launched into orbit some 425 kilometers above the Earth’s surface on Wednesday.

Iran’s IRGC has, for the first time, launched and successfully placed into orbit a military satellite.

Also in his remarks, Hajizadeh stressed the importance of space technologies in addressing Iran’s civilian and military needs.

He added that the development of the satellite was a “super project” made possible by undertaking major leaps in the technology field.

The general added that the IRGC seeks to launch a future satellite “in a higher orbit and with better performance” in the “near future”.

Explaining that Noor’s satellite carrier – dubbed Qased (Messenger) – used a missile engine from Iran’s existing missile arsenal operating on liquid fuel, the general said that future motors will be upgraded to work with solid fuel.

Solid fuel will allow for the production of smaller satellite carriers, he said.

Hajizadeh added that the Qased’s structure had also been made of composite material, a “complex” and “state-of-the-art” feature decreasing the weight of the missile.

The general also noted that the Noor satellite’s communication and telecommunication systems had been fully designed and manufactured inside the country.

Also in his remarks, Hajizadeh said that the satellite launch had “caught western intelligence agencies by surprise”.

“It is natural for them to be frustrated by what we’ve done,” he added, stressing that the force will continue with its space operations “with force” to protect the country.

Hajizadeh added that Iran’s military capabilities have allowed the country to focus on countering U.S. economic sanctions imposed on the country without facing security disturbances.

He also noted how Iran’s capabilities had successfully deterred Washington from further provocations after Iran responded to Washington’s assassination of its top commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in January.

“During the Ain al-Assad operation we believed the Americans would respond and we had prepared 400 targets, but they did not,” he said.

A few days following the assassination of General Soleimani, Iran launched salvos of missiles at two bases housing US troops in Iraq’s western Anbar Province and Kurdistan regional capital, Erbil.

Despite the attacks leading to widespread destruction and casualties, Washington did not follow up on its vow to attack if Tehran targeted U.S. assets in response to General Soleimani’s assassination.

In a tweet on Thursday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani also said that “new surprises are on the way” as the country battles US sanctions and pressure alongside the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Meanwhile An Iranian commander says the military satellite launched by the IRGC into orbit on Wednesday is to carry out reconnaissance and strategic support missions.

Brigadier General Ali Jafarzadeh made the remarks in a televised interview on Thursday, explaining the main task of the satellite.

“Our first local satellite is going to carry out reconnaissance operations. In the defence sector, we need to have positional and military awareness about our forces, and the sensors installed on the satellite will do this job for us.”

In the civilian and humanitarian field, especially at the time of natural disasters the IRGC plays a key role, and it needs support at these times, but sometimes the weather is so bad that choppers and drones cannot be dispatched, added the Iranian commander.

The satellites are placed in the orbit some hundred kilometres over the places in which disasters have happened. They can monitor all the region completely.

“For example, during Khuzestan province flooding, the scope was so broad that drones and helicopters could not reach the affected regions. So, there is a need for having satellite in these regions, and we will use the Noor in the IRGC’s humanitarian operations,” stressed Jafarabadi.

About the coordinates of “Noor”, he said this satellite is ranked among the types that are placed in s range of 430 kilometres.

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“Precipitation in Iran is one-third of the world’s average, as the country is located in a dry and fragile region where we experience 11 millimeters decrease in precipitation every 10 years and an increase in evaporation of more than 50 millimeters every year,” he explained, ISNA reported.

In These dry areas across Iran, rainfall fluctuations usually lead to flood and devastation, so comprehensive planning for watershed management and flooding control is required, he noted.

Since most of the water supply is extracted from groundwater resources, the country is in a critical condition in terms of groundwater resources, he stated, highlighting, because perception is less than water withdrawal from the aquifers, so the best way to store rainwater is watershed and aquifer projects.

The main factor in disaster management

Having tackled over 34 out of 41 natural disasters identified worldwide, Iran is among the top countries most prone to natural disasters, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Disaster management is a cycle consisting of mitigation, preparedness, response and ended with recovery, the most neglected among which is preparedness in the country.

However, the response cycle is the most experienced part, with preparedness effectiveness and efficiency of response will increase.

Generally, crisis planning needs sufficient information from databases, but Iran suffers from a lack of access to great databases like spatial database information and Geographic Database Information and communication among organizations to interchange information.

Another problem is the lack of an organization to compensate for the destruction, as insurance plays the main role in risk transfer and funds for rebuilding.

Finally, the preparedness of people for emergency situations is a vital factor which needs appropriate public education in self-protecting behaviors, relief aids, mitigation, etc. and Iran has not done much to improve effectiveness except for some maneuvers and limited educations.

Having even sufficient knowledge of how to prepare for emergencies does not guarantee that people would take self- protection measures, so past disaster experience is not the prime factor to enhance awareness or even maneuvers and school education cannot rationally provide useful information as a knowledge base for earthquakes.

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IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK

He went on to say that all stages for manufacturing the turbine have been carried out in the country and even with the home-made raw material.

Ali Abadi noted that generator, controlling system and all equipment of the power plant are fully Iranian and MAPNA Group has designed and manufactured it in collaboration with four companies.

He added that soon this type of turbine will enter the market in other parts of the country, adding that the first 42-megawatt turbine was installed in Sistan and Baluchistan due to its especial climatic condition.

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