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Iran unveils latest, successfully test-fired ballistic missile
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IANS | 14 Aug, 2018
The Iranian Ministry of Defense on Monday unveiled its latest
short-range ballistic missile, which has been successfully tested, in
spite of Washington's demands that it halts all ballistic missile
programmes.
The Fateh missile is an "agile, radar-evading,
tactical missile with pinpoint accuracy" capacity against land and sea
targets, designed in Iran and successfully test-fired, Efe quoted
Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami as saying at a ceremony
in Tehran.
"Mass-production of the new missile will help Iran
make major strides in boosting its defense capabilities and deterrent
power," the Brigadier General added.
General Hatami also warned
that Iranian Armed Forces "will never back off from plans to promote the
missile industry and enhance our national capabilities".
Hatami
also denounced foreign interference in Iran's defense sphere and
attempts to cap Iran's missile power, adding that "Iran will never allow
outsiders to interfere in its domestic issues".
Iran's ballistic
missile programmes was one of the reasons stated by US President Donald
Trump on August 7 to unilaterally withdraw his country from the 2015
Iranian nuclear deal and reinstate economic sanctions against the
Islamic republic.
"I remain open to reaching a more
comprehensive deal that addresses the full range of the regime's malign
activities, including its ballistic missile program and its support for
terrorism," Trump said in a written statement last week.
Meanwhile Iranian authorities insist their missiles are of a purely defensive and deterrent nature.
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