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177123
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 18:17
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Iran Ready to Help UN with Peacekeeping Missions
TEHRAN , April 21 (FNA)- The peacekeeping unit of the Iranian Army Ground Force is fully ready for UN missions in any part of the world, the Iranian Army's top Ground Force commander announced on Wednesday.
"The peacekeeping unit of the Army Ground Force is waiting for the relevant orders (by the UN) to be dispatched to the countries specified by the UN," Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with a number of foreign military attachés in Tehran on Tuesday night.
Stressing that Iran, like any other country, has formed a peacekeeping unit which enjoys a highly integrated structure, he stated that the Army's peacekeeping unit will be dispatched to the places and countries announced by the UN as soon as the Iranian foreign ministry communicates the relevant orders to the Army.
Meantime, Pourdastan rejected speculations that Iran intends to dispatch its peacekeeping unit to Bahrain.
Iran has called on all the world states and various international bodies to take action to stop massacre of the people in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
Anti-government protests against the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty began in Bahrain in mid-February.
On March 13, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates dispatched armed forces to the country not for a peacekeeping mission by the US, but to intensify the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Tens of people have been killed and over 1,000 others injured since riot police and troops initiated a second round of offensives against the protesters.
"The peacekeeping unit of the Army Ground Force is waiting for the relevant orders (by the UN) to be dispatched to the countries specified by the UN," Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with a number of foreign military attachés in Tehran on Tuesday night.
Stressing that Iran, like any other country, has formed a peacekeeping unit which enjoys a highly integrated structure, he stated that the Army's peacekeeping unit will be dispatched to the places and countries announced by the UN as soon as the Iranian foreign ministry communicates the relevant orders to the Army.
Meantime, Pourdastan rejected speculations that Iran intends to dispatch its peacekeeping unit to Bahrain.
Iran has called on all the world states and various international bodies to take action to stop massacre of the people in the tiny Persian Gulf island.
Anti-government protests against the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty began in Bahrain in mid-February.
On March 13, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates dispatched armed forces to the country not for a peacekeeping mission by the US, but to intensify the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Tens of people have been killed and over 1,000 others injured since riot police and troops initiated a second round of offensives against the protesters.
