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Iran secures major contract to operate mobile service in Syria

January 18, 2017 at 10:35 am

Image of Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis (L4) and Iranian Vice President, Eshaq Jahangiri (R3) in Tehran, Iran [Iranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu]

Iran and the Syrian regime signed on Tuesday, five memoranda of understandings under which Iran will operate the mobile telephone service in Syria as part of “enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries”.

The signing ceremony was attended by Syrian Prime Minister, Emad Khamis and Iranian Vice President, Eshaq Jahangiri in Tehran on Tuesday to promote ties that have included billions of dollars of Iranian support for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s efforts to regain control of parts of his country from rebel groups.

A consortium of Iranian companies affiliated to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) controls much of Iran’s telecoms sector after it bought fifty per cent plus one share in the state telecoms company in 2009.