IRAN has said it has beefed up the capability of its missiles, warning they can now hit "any ship" up to 400 miles away. The Islamic Republic insists the weapons are merely defensive but the announcement comes as tensions with the United States mount over its nuclear programme mount. Donald Trump pulled out of an international agreement on Iran's nuclear programme earlier this year and reimposed sanctions on Tehran, saying the deal was flawed because it did not include. Iran has threatened to disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if America tries to strangle Iranian oil exports. Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' air space division, said his country has spent a decade working on anti-ship missiles. "We have managed to make land-to-sea ballistic, not cruise, missiles that can hit any vessel or ship from 700 km (435 miles),” he said. In 2008, Iran displayed a ground-to-sea missile that it said could travel about 180 miles. Iran … [Read more...] about Iran threatens the US with chilling warning that its ballistic missiles can now hit ‘ANY ship at any time’
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Iran says its land-to-sea missiles can now travel 700 km
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran has extended the range of its land-to-sea ballistic missiles to 700 km (435 miles), a senior Iranian military official said on Tuesday amid rising tensions with the United States over Tehran's missile programme. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of an international agreement on Iran's nuclear programme in May and reimposed sanctions on Tehran, saying the deal was flawed because it did not include curbs on Iran's development of ballistic missiles or its support for proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. Iran, which says its missile programme is purely defensive, has threatened to disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf if the United States tries to strangle Iranian oil exports. "We have managed to make land-to-sea ballistic, not cruise, missiles that can hit any vessel or ship from 700 km," Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' air space division, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. Hajizadeh said the … [Read more...] about Iran says its land-to-sea missiles can now travel 700 km
Netanyahu: Israel Continues to Act Against Iran in Syria
Ynetnews reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel continues to act against the establishment of Iranian military in Syria, and emphasized that he stays in constant contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The prime minister spoke at the kick off of the Knesset’s winter session amid the ongoing uncertainty over the new IDF draft law that might dismantle the coalition and trigger early elections. Opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni, President Reuven Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Yuli Adelstein were among those who also gave speeches at the onset of the session.“Even today Israel is acting against Iran in Syria, and we will continue to try and push it back,” Netanyahu exclaimed. Netanyahu also emphasized his close relationship with President Putin, in light of recent tensions caused by the downing of the Russian spy plane in Syria, which sparked an international crisis and prompted the Russians to supply Syrian army with S-300 … [Read more...] about Netanyahu: Israel Continues to Act Against Iran in Syria
Rouhani: Trump Seeking Regime Change in Iran
TEL AVIV – The U.S. is looking to oust the current Iranian regime and is the most hostile administration in the four decades since the founding of the Islamic Republic, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. “In the past 40 years there has not been a more spiteful team than the current US government team toward Iran, Iranians and the Islamic Republic,” Rouhani said in a speech broadcast on state TV.The U.S. and Iran have been at loggerheads since President Donald Trump’s May withdrawal from the nuclear accord, which Trump deemed “the worst deal ever,” partly because it placed no limits on Tehran’s ballistic missiles program or its support for terror proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq. “There was a time when there was one person who had enmity. The rest were moderate. Now … the worst have gathered around each other,” Rouhani said in the speech, which marked the beginning of the academic year at Tehran … [Read more...] about Rouhani: Trump Seeking Regime Change in Iran
Iran dismisses reports of suicide bomb threat at Ankara embassy
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran dismissed reports on Monday of a suicide bomb threat at its embassy in Ankara, Iranian state television said, after a Turkish newspaper reported a planned attack on the building. Turkish daily Sozcu said that the embassy had been evacuated after authorities were informed of a planned suicide bomb attack on the building. However a Reuters TV cameraman at the scene said visitors to the embassy reported that operations were continuing normally despite heightened security in the area. Police carried out searches on vehicles and the road on which the embassy is located was briefly closed to traffic, he said, adding that it was later reopened. Iran's foreign ministry denied that there was a bomb threat against the embassy and denied that the building had been evacuated, state TV reported. (Reporting by Mert Ozkan and Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Dominic Evans) … [Read more...] about Iran dismisses reports of suicide bomb threat at Ankara embassy