'世界報'：伊朗在委內瑞拉建造火箭基地

'世界報'：伊朗在委內瑞拉建造火箭基地
'Die Welt': Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT
05/17/2011 01:41
Translation by Autumnson Blog

German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb.
德國報紙說，伊朗人支付現金在Paraguana半島建造中程導彈發射台; 伊朗工程師在二月訪問該地點。

BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition.
柏林 -伊朗政府正向前推進在委內瑞拉建設火箭發射基地，德國日報世界報在其週四版說。
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally.
委內瑞拉總統烏戈查韋斯是德黑蘭最重要的南美盟友。
Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from a construction firm – Khatam al-Anbia – owned by the Revolutionary Guards visited Paraguaná in February. Amir al-Hadschisadeh, the head of the Guard’s Air Force, participated in the visit, according to the report. Die Welt cited information from “Western security insiders.”
伊朗正在Paraguaná半島上興建中程導彈發射台，和來自一家由革命衛隊擁有的建築公司-Khatam al-Anbia - 的工程師二月時訪問 Paraguaná。衛隊的空軍頭頭阿米爾 al-Hadschisadeh參加了訪問，據該報告。世界報引述由“西方安全人士“的資料。
The rocket bases are to include measures to prevent air attacks on Venezuela as well as commando and control stations.
火箭基地會包括一些措施來防止對委內瑞拉，以及突擊隊和控制站的空襲。
The Iranian military involvement in the project extends to bunker, barracks and watch tower construction. Twenty-meter deep rocket silos are planned. The cost of the Venezuelan military project is being paid for with Iranian oil revenue. The Iranians paid in cash for the preliminary phase of the project and, the total cost is expected to amount to “dozens of millions” of dollars, Die Welt wrote.

The Paraguaná Peninsula is on the coast of Venezuela and is roughly 120 kilometers from America’s main South American partner, Columbia.

According to Die Welt, the clandestine agreement between Venezuela and Iran would mean the Chavez government would fire rocket at Iran’s enemies should the Islamic Republic face military strikes.

Meanwhile the German press agency (DPA) reported on Friday that Germany will not contest the placement of the Hamburg- based European- Iranian Trade Bank (EIH) on the EU sanctions list at the end of the month. The US Treasury Department sanctioned the EIH last year, saying it was one of the most important institutions in Europe for financing Iran’s missile and nuclear proliferation programs. Germany was the subject of criticism from American, French, British and Israeli officials because it refused to shut the EIH.

The EIH plays a crucial role in facilitating financial transactions for midsize German firms that are active in Iran. German- Iranian total trade amounted to over 4 billion euros in 2010, making German Iran’s No. 1 EU trade partner.

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