Iran; top military power in region: Senior MP

On the sideline of the closed session of the parliament held on Tuesday, the spokesman for the Iranian parliament’s presiding board, told the correspondents that Iran is considered as the first power in the region in many effective fields despite some limitations.

Iran PressIran News: "We hope that the new Parliament will be able to take effective steps to meet the basic needs of the Armed Forces Headquarters", Mohammad Hossein Farhangi stressed.

He went on to say that the Tuesday session had two parts, in the first part Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Major General Mohammad Bagheri gave a reports on the latest defensive status of Iran.

The lawmakers then expressed their views and ideas on Parliamentary internal affairs, and that was why there was no time for the open session.

According to Farhangi in the second part, the Speaker provided explanations in the field of internal affairs of the Parliament and after that, a number of lawmakers also expressed their views and some criticisms. Because the meeting lasted so long, there was no opportunity for open session.

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