Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 25
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Some 16 agricultural projects have been commissioned as part of the Iran Government Week (August 24-30) in Oshnavieh County of Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, head of the agriculture department of West Azerbaijan Province Anvar Hosseini told IRNA, Trend reports.
According to him, 8 billion rials (app. $ 190,000) have been spent on the projects.
He added that the projects have been commissioned in the city of Nalus and the villages of Khaledabad, Shahvaneh, Pushabad, Peyrutabad, Eyn ol Rum, Bizhabad, Sangar, Seh Kani and Gond-e Vila.
“The commissioning of the projects will provide 303 people with jobs,” he said.
On August 30, 1981, Iranian President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, along with a number of other government officials, were killed as a result of a terrorist bombing in the Prime Minister's office. The Iranian government instated August 24-30 as the Iran Government Week in commemoration of the event.
