Tehran, February 18,�The Iran Project�� Iranian National Observatory will become a trans-regional Laboratory if the national observatory plan implements by next two years, the head of Iran�s Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) announced on Thursday.

Addressing a committee session at the ministry of science on Thursday, Mohammad Javad Larijani, the director of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) noted the national observatory plan as Iran�s major scientific project which will become a trans-regional laboratory in case of implementation by next two years.

He demanded the Ministry�s High Council of Science, Research and Technology to approve the project as a major national plan, adding that the institute welcomes any supervision.

Referring to the Supreme leader�s remarks, Iranian member of parliament and government�s support of this scientific project, Larijani went on to say that location, as a�tough stage and finally the project was sent to be located in a area near Kashan, Isfahan province.

�Number of Iranian knowledge-based firms have cooperated the institute to equip the observatory�, he stated, highlighting the donation of money by Iran�s supreme leader and parliament to cover the project�s costs.

The construction of a large observatory for the country was introduced in 1998 and later was approved by the Council of Scientific Research.