1. IOTA/MIDDLE EAST SECTION STATUS PAUL MALEY and ATILA PORO JULY 2011

2. WHAT IS IOTA/ME? A GROUP OF AMATEURS WITH THE GOAL OF EDUCATING AND OBSERVING BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER 2011 PROVIDE CERTIFICATES OF TRAINING: 17 SO FAR DEVELOPED COMPACTS WITH LOCAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES

3. EQUIPMENT MANY AMATEURS OWN TELESCOPES ONE CCD CAMERA FOR LUNAR OCCULTATIONS PROVIDED BY DAVE GAULT INTEND TO BUY 2 VIDEO SYSTEMS FOR ASTEROID OCCULTATIONS

4. UPCOMING EVENTS WORKSHOP ON JULY 22 IN TEHRAN AT ZAFRANEH OBSERVATORY FOLLOW-ON FROM ONE HELD LAST YEAR TOPICS COUPLED WITH OTHER ASTRONOMICAL THEMES (E.G. EXPOLANETS) ANNUAL WORKSHOPS

5. CURRENT FOCUS LUNAR OCCULTATIONS IS THE START POINT GRADUATE TO OTHER RELATED OCCULTATION AREAS UPGRADING WEB SITE (ARABIC) PUBLISH IOTA/ME NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTE TO ASMAN-E SHAB MAGAZINE

6. OUTREACH ALREADY INTENT TO ESTABLISH OTHER OBSERVERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ