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Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards fired 14 missiles in an exercise today<\/strong>, one of them a medium-range weapon capable of striking Israel or US targets in the Gulf<\/strong>, state media said.<\/p>\n

The Guards’ aerospace commander, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, insisted Iran’s missile program posed no threat to European nations but was merely intended to provide defense against Israel and US forces in the Gulf<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Today, on the second day of the exercise, we fired Zelzals (Quake), Shahabs (Meteors) 1 and 2, and the Ghadr (Power),” a medium-range missile which is a modified version of the Shahab-3, Hajizadeh told state television.<\/p>\n

He said the missiles were not a threat to European nations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Iran’s missiles have a maximum range of 2,000 kilometres and are designed to reach US targets<\/strong> in the region and the Zionist regime,” the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n

“The Zionist regime is 1,200 kilometres away from Iran<\/strong> and we are able to target this regime with our 2,000 kilometre range missiles from Semnan and Damghan (in central Iran),” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have the technology to build missiles with a longer range but we do not need them and we are not seeking to build such missiles.”<\/p>\n

Iran has said that its latest exercise is not aimed at any country but carries “a message of peace and friendship.”
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\nIRNA said the Guards fired nine Zelzals, two Shahab-1s, two Shahab-2s and a single medium-range Ghadr on the second day of their Great Prophet-6 exercise.<\/p>\n

Iran unveiled the Ghadr<\/strong>, which has a range of 1,800 kilometres, following a successful test in September 2009.<\/p>\n

The Zelzal<\/strong> is an uncategory_ided surface-to-surface missile with a maximum range of 400 kilometres.<\/p>\n

The Shahab<\/strong>-1 and -2 have a range of 300 to 500 kilometres and are based on the Soviet-designed Scud.<\/p>\n

On the first day of the exercise on Monday, the Guards unveiled an “underground missile silo” which they said was designed for launching their medium-range missiles, state television reported.<\/p>\n

Iran’s missile program, which is under the control of the powerful Guards, along with its space projects, has been a mounting source of concern in the West<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Western governments fear Tehran<\/strong> is developing a ballistic capability to enable it to launch atomic warheads which they suspect Iran is seeking to develop under cover of its civil nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Tehran<\/strong> denies any such ambition.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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