Tehran Times, Iran
April 19 2009
Iran’s army plays important role in regional stability: Armenia
MOSCOW (IRNA) ` Deputy Armenian Defense Minister Ara Nazarian said on
Saturday that the Iranian Army is the main cause of regional peace and
stability.
He made the remark while addressing a ceremony to commemorate the
Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army Day in the Armenian capital city of
Yerevan. Nazarian added that the Iranian Army guarantees security of
its borders with neighboring states.
Also addressing the ceremony, Colonel Ahmad-Reza Allahdadi, Iran’s
military attaché to Armenia praised combat readiness and high
capability of the Iranian Army in various fields.
Iranian scientists and experts have made significant scientific
achievements in different areas despite economic sanctions imposed on
the Islamic Republic by several western states.
The ceremony to commemorate Iran’s Army Day was attended by a number
of senior Armenian military officials, ranking government authorities,
several Members of Parliament and ambassadors of foreign countries to
Armenia