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| | RFE/RL Iran Report |
 | | Among the main centers of biotechnology in Iran are the Institute for Plant and Seed Modification, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research, the Pasteur Institute, and the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, according to articles in "Ettelaat-i Elmi" (21 April 2001, 17 May 2001) and "Nashriyeh-yi Komisiyun-i Bioteknolozhi" (Summer 2000). |
 | | The Razi Institute has been conducting research on recombinant vaccines through genetic engineering, and it already produces vaccines for polio, measles, rubella, mumps, foot and mouth disease, tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough, as well as human and livestock serums. |
 | | Seyyed Razi Shabiri, head of the MODAFL ammunition-producing department, described domestic production of 125 mm ammunition for T-72 tanks in early May. He said that the ammunition could reach targets as far as 2.4 kilometers away. |
| www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iran/2001/29-060801.html (2874 words) |
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