Iran said on Wednesday that it has and will take the needed options to defend itself against western powers, particularly the US.

Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Wednesday said that phase 6 of Iran’s South Pars Oil and Gas field is now ready to go into operation.

An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Mohr in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Wednesday.