SUPPORT FOR MINE ACTION

In September 2009, the Peace Generation Organization for Demining (POD) was established in Lebanon with funding from the Government of Iran and working in partnership with the Iranian organization Immen Sazan Omran Pars (ISOP),[1] a major demining company in Iran.[2] In 2011, POD had seven explosive ordnance (EOD) teams at a cost of US$30,000 per team per month, which is the estimated budget figure used by the Lebanese Mine Action Center for its annual planning. At these rates the Islamic of Government of Iran contributed the equivalent of US$2,520,000 to POD and thus Lebanon’s mine action program in 2011.