August, 2007

• 28 August

  Iranian Experts Repair 2 Turbo-Generators despite Sanctions

  Despite West’s sanctions against the country, Iranian experts of the South Pars Technical Repair and Maintenance Company (TMC) succeeded in repairing two turbo-generators of the second refinery of the South Pars Oil and Gas Field (phases 2 and 3).

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• 28 August

  President Felicitates Young Volleyballers on World Championship Title

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to the junior national volleyball team appreciated them for winning the 2007 world championship title.

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• 28 August

  Osnabruck Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform in Tehran

  For the first time during the past 28 years, Osnabruck Philharmonic Orchestra will hold a concert on 29and 30th of August in Tehran.

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• 28 August

  Large Gas Field Discovered in Central Iran

  Iranian Oil Ministry caretaker Gholam Hossein Nozari said that there are indications of a large gas field in the area surrounding Sefid Zakhour, in Fars province.

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• 28 August

  Iran Becomes New World Champion in Boy’s Youth Volleyball

  Iran vaulted into the volleyball history books to become the new 2007 Boy’s Youth World Champion for the first time ever, with a electrifying 3-2 (21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 31-29, 15-7) victory over China in 130 minutes, in an spectacular all Asian final at the Gimnasio de Usos Multiples in the …

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• 28 August

  6 Western soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers — including six Westerners — in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion, officials said Monday. Reports from officials Monday and Tuesday indicated 29 militants also were …

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• 28 August

  Militants release abducted Pakistani soldiers

  WANA, Pakistan (AFP) – Pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday released 19 Pakistani soldiers who were abducted earlier this month in the rugged tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said.Armed militants kidnapped 16 Pakistani soldiers from the South Waziristan tribal district on August 9 and seized another four security officials including a colonel …

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• 27 August

  Afghanistan’s opium production doubles in two years

  KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan’s opium production has doubled in two years, reaching a new high in 2007, with the country almost the exclusive supplier of the world’s deadliest drug, the United Nations announced Monday. Production was estimated to have jumped 34 percent this year over last with the number of …

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• 27 August

  6 Western soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers — including six Westerners — and 10 militants in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion, officials said Monday.French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was adding 150 …

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• 26 August

  Iran to Start Production of Smart Bombs Tomorrow

  Iran said that it has developed a new 900-kilogram (2,000-pound) smart bomb and that it will start industrial-scale production of the bomb on Sunday.

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