Iran successfully tested new ballistic
missile: state media
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[September 23, 2017]
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has
successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km
(1,200 miles) which it displayed at a military parade on Friday, state
media reported on Saturday.
The test-firing of the Khorramshahr missile, which Iran said could carry
several warheads, is likely to raise concerns in Washington.
State broadcaster IRIB carried footage of the missile test without
giving its time and location, including video from an on-board camera
which it said showed the detachment of the cone that carries multiple
warheads.
"You are seeing images of the successful test of the Khorramshahr
ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km, the latest missile of our
country," state television said.
"This is the third Iranian missile with a range of 2,000 km," it added.
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The Khorramshahr missile was first displayed at a military parade on
Friday, where President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would strengthen its
missile capabilities without seeking any country's permission.
At the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump said Iran was building
its missile capability and accused it of exporting violence to Yemen,
Syria and other parts of the Middle East.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to attend an armed forces
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He also criticized the 2015 pact that the United States and other
world powers struck with Iran under which Tehran agreed to restrict
its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.
The United States has imposed unilateral sanctions against Iran,
saying Tehran's ballistic missile tests violated a U.N. resolution
that endorsed the nuclear deal and called on Tehran not to undertake
activities related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering
nuclear weapons.
Iran denies its missile development breaches the resolution, saying
the missiles are not designed to carry nuclear weapons.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Edmund Blair)
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