Iranian National Observatory (INO) project is approaching completion, with the first light of the flagship 3.4m optical telescope, INO340, planned for 2022. The observatory is located in central Iran on Mt Gargash at 3600m, benefiting from an excellent atmospheric seeing and suitable weather conditions. The observatory comprises the 3.4m optical telescope, the enclosure and auxiliaries, a service building hosting a control room, offices and mirror coating hall, a lens array system for wide-field monitoring, and a site monitoring station equipped with a weather station and an automatic seeing monitor, and essential utilities. The Alt-Az telescope benefits from hydrostatic bearing in the Azimuth, an active optics system to support and deform the primary mirror and a hexapod to position the secondary mirror. This report will provide an overview of the project development, manufacturing and installing the telescope and its enclosure.
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