Publish Date: 7 October 2019 - 12:27

TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force inaugurated its new air defense headquarters in the southern province of Bushehr on Monday.

The “Persian Gulf Air Defense Headquarters” officially started its mission in a ceremony attended by Commander of Iran's Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi.

The center is equipped with the latest homegrown control and surveillance technologies with the capacity to help keep a better watch on the region.

The southern-based air defense forces of the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps will be under the direct command of the Persian Gulf Air Defense Headquarters.

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