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Iran to unveil project soon to 'surprise world'

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-16 22:02

TEHRAN - Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that IRGC will unveil a project soon to "surprise the world," the force's website Sepahnews reported.

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In the near future, the miracle-like project will be unveiled and inaugurated which will surprise the world,Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief commander of IRGC was quoted as saying.

Jafari made the remarks at a celebration held by IRGC here to mark the victory of Islamic revolution 32 years ago.

He said IRGC has made considerable progress in scientific researches as well as military and defense projects, but he did not elaborate on the nature of the project to be unveiled.

"The projects which are currently underway in the country will surprise the world if they are concluded," he was quoted as saying.

IRGC, a branch of Iran's military founded after the Iranian revolution in 1979 to safeguard the Islamic revolution, has conducted several economic, military and scientific projects in the recent years.