TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official announced that the country will unveil several major projects in different scientific fields in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).


"We will have a fruitful year by unveiling mega projects," Head of the Large-Scale National Plans Center affiliated to the Science and Technology Department of Iran's Presidential Office Gholam Hossein Rahimi told FNA on Monday.

"We will produce flu vaccine this year, set up the aviation center and complete construction of an oceangoing research vessel," he added.

Rahimi said that Iran will also start production of SPF eggs and unveil a radiation system this year.

Earlier this year, Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Research and Technology Mostafa Qaneyee announced that the country plans to mass-produce flu vaccine in the near future.

"Fortunately, the production line of flu vaccine has been completed in the country and it will launch operation in the month of Khordad (May 22 to June 21)," Qaneyee, who is also the head of Iran's Pasteur Institute, told FNA in January.

Also in January, Iran announced that it plans to launch its first home-made oceangoing oil tanker this year.

Managing-Director of Iran Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries Complex Co. (ISOICO) Hamid Rezaeian said that the oil tanker is 186 meters (m) long, 32 m wide and 16 m high.

He added that the vessel is capable of carrying 35,000 tons of oil products.

In December 2012, Iran unveiled a home-made oceangoing cargo vessel named Iran-Shahr-e-Kord.

The Iran-Shahr-e-Kord cargo vessel has the capacity to carry 2,200 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers and was officially delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) after receiving all the needed licenses from the relevant bodies.

Iran-Shahr-e-Kord cargo vessel is the second oceangoing ship built by the ISOICO for delivery to the IRISL.

By Fars News

 

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