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Iran shows off new missile, taunts Israel ..... 24/9/7 12:38 p A.E.S.T. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_mideast_afp/iranuspoliticsmilitary_070922115732
Iran shows off new missile, taunts Israel by Stuart Williams
Sat Sep 22, 8:06 AM ET
Iran on Saturday showed off a longer-range missile in public for the
first time and proclaimed a string of anti-Israel slogans, in a
military parade held amid warnings of conflict with the West.
The missile -- labelled Ghadr-1 (Power) -- was said to be in
development by Western experts, but its appearance at the annual
military parade to mark the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq
was its first public showing.
The official announcer at the parade told reporters that the weapon
had a range of 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles), sufficient to put US
bases in the Middle East and Iran's arch enemy Israel within reach.
"The Iranian nation is ready to bring any oppressive power to its
knees," read a slogan from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
inscribed on a massive board on a truck.
The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Jaafari,
warned bluntly: "My message to the enemy is that they will regret it
(an attack). Do not do it."
The Ghadr missile, which has a "baby bottle" style nose for extra
aerodynamic efficiency, is seen as an improved version of Iran's
existing longer-range Shahab series, which was also paraded.
Officials have said in the past that the Shahab-3 could reach 2,000
kilometres (1,250 miles), but the announcer said it had a 1,300-
kilometre (800-mile) range.
The parade was marked by a litany of slogans calling for "Death to
America" and "Death to Israel." Western military attaches, apparently
warned of this in advance, boycotted the rally for the second year
running.
"The Western attaches did not come. It was because of the slogans
about Israel and the United States," said one foreign representative
who declined to be named.
"Israel should be eliminated" and "No Iranian Muslim, no Muslim
recognises Israel," were among the slogans borne on the back of
military vehicles, quoting the words of Iran's revolutionary founder
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
"Israel has to be wiped off the map," read another Khomeini quote
which aroused worldwide controversy when it was repeated by President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
The parade came amid growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme,
which the United States alleges is cover for a nuclear weapons drive
but which Tehran insists is aimed solely at producing electricity.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has warned that the world
should brace for war against Tehran if it keeps defying the UN
Security Council by pressing on with sensitive nuclear work.
Iran's military, especially its air force, has been hit by the US
trade embargo, and General Jaafari admitted that the Islamic republic
would need to outsmart its enemies using means other than technology.
"Their material capabilities are better than us, everyone knows it and
we admit it. We are responding to technology not with technology but
with special methods and tactics," he told reporters.
Officials said that only weapons built by Iran were shown at the
parade, in a bid to emphasise the country's self-sufficiency in
military technology.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meanwhile said in a speech that warnings
of military action and further UN sanctions would have no effect on
Tehran's nuclear drive.
"Those who think that with outmoded instruments like psychological
warfare and economic sanctions they can stop Iran's march towards
progress are making a grave mistake," Ahmadinejad said.
The full panoply of Iran's armed forces were on display, with
thousands of goose-stepping members of the regular army and the
Revolutionary Guards saluting Ahmadinejad and top military leaders in
a march-past.
The United States and its ally Israel have never ruled out using
military action against Iran for its defiance in the nuclear
standoff.
Iran has said it will never initiate an attack, but has warned of
striking US bases in the Arabian peninsula, Iraq and Afghanistan -- as
well as Israel itself -- as a response to any aggression.
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23 Sep 2007 09:51:30 PM |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/23/wiran123.xml
Iran promises missiles will fly if US attacks
By Tim Shipman in Washington
Last Updated: 1:00am BST 23/09/2007
Iran has threatened to retaliate with missile attacks if Western
forces launch raids against the Islamic state's nuclear programme -
putting on a defiant show of military force to back up the message.
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addressed a military
parade in Teheran and mocked threats from the United States, while the
head of the Revolutionary Guards said Iran would "pull the trigger" if
attacked.
Their bellicose intervention came as officials in Washington warned
that time was running out for the secretary of state, Condoleezza
Rice, to "get a result" from diplomacy or hand the initiative to White
House hawks who want military action.
Mr Ahmadinejad spoke out as he led a parade to mark Iran's war with
Iraq, which included a flypast by three Saegheh jet fighters and
armoured vehicles, one of which bore the slogan "Death to America".
In a message directed at Western diplomats, he told the crowds: "Those
who think that by using such decayed tools as psychological warfare
and economic sanctions, they can stop the Iranian nation's progress
are making a mistake."
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The parade also featured medium-range ballistic missiles which are
capable of hitting Israel or US bases in Iraq and the wider Gulf
region.
Asked how Iran would respond if any country allowed its territory to
be used as a base for an attack, Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, said: "You have seen the -missiles.
Just pull the trigger and shoot."
He added: "Our message to the enemies is: Do not do it. They will
regret it, as they are regretting it in Iraq."
Mr Ahmadinejad today arrives in New York for a meeting of the United
Nations General Assembly where the US, Britain, France and Germany are
drawing up plans for new sanctions against Iran.
Diplomats are conscious that firm action is needed this week to
bolster the position of Miss Rice, who wants to show that diplomacy
can isolate Iran and constrain Teheran's weapons programmes.
One official in Washington said: "Condi really needs to get a result
to show other members of the administration that it's working."
He said that some officials believe the vice-president, ***** Cheney,
has given her "just enough rope to hang herself" by pursuing the
diplomatic route.
A state department source who wants the diplomacy to succeed, said
that administration hawks had closely studied the international
fallout from Israel's clandestine raid on Syria the week before -
which US officials say was targeted at nuclear materials sold by North
Korea - as a guide to how military action against Iran would be
received.
"Their attitude is: where was the fuss? Some of them think they would
get away with it in Iran," the source said.
UN Security Council members Russia and China have refused to back
tougher action on Iran, so the Bush administration is assembling a
diplomatic "coalition of the willing" - a phrase widely use before the
war in Iraq - to set up US and European sanctions against the Iranian
regime. These would punish banks and companies that deal with Iran.
A Western diplomat said: "The Americans are hugely frustrated that
they can't get any more from the Russians and Chinese."
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Sep 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_mideast_afp/iranuspoliticsmilitary_070922115732
Iran shows off new missile, taunts Israel
by Stuart Williams
Sat Sep 22, 8:06 AM ET
Iran on Saturday showed off a longer-range missile in public for the
first time and proclaimed a string of anti-Israel slogans, in a
military parade held amid warnings of conflict with the West.
The missile -- labelled Ghadr-1 (Power) -- was said to be in
development by Western experts, but its appearance at the annual
military parade to mark the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq
was its first public showing.
The official announcer at the parade told reporters that the weapon
had a range of 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles), sufficient to put US
bases in the Middle East and Iran's arch enemy Israel within reach.
"The Iranian nation is ready to bring any oppressive power to its
knees," read a slogan from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
inscribed on a massive board on a truck.
The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Jaafari,
warned bluntly: "My message to the enemy is that they will regret it
(an attack). Do not do it."
The Ghadr missile, which has a "baby bottle" style nose for extra
aerodynamic efficiency, is seen as an improved version of Iran's
existing longer-range Shahab series, which was also paraded.
Officials have said in the past that the Shahab-3 could reach 2,000
kilometres (1,250 miles), but the announcer said it had a 1,300-
kilometre (800-mile) range.
The parade was marked by a litany of slogans calling for "Death to
America" and "Death to Israel." Western military attaches, apparently
warned of this in advance, boycotted the rally for the second year
running.
"The Western attaches did not come. It was because of the slogans
about Israel and the United States," said one foreign representative
who declined to be named.
"Israel should be eliminated" and "No Iranian Muslim, no Muslim
recognises Israel," were among the slogans borne on the back of
military vehicles, quoting the words of Iran's revolutionary founder
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
"Israel has to be wiped off the map," read another Khomeini quote
which aroused worldwide controversy when it was repeated by President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
The parade came amid growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme,
which the United States alleges is cover for a nuclear weapons drive
but which Tehran insists is aimed solely at producing electricity.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has warned that the world
should brace for war against Tehran if it keeps defying the UN
Security Council by pressing on with sensitive nuclear work.
Iran's military, especially its air force, has been hit by the US
trade embargo, and General Jaafari admitted that the Islamic republic
would need to outsmart its enemies using means other than technology.
"Their material capabilities are better than us, everyone knows it and
we admit it. We are responding to technology not with technology but
with special methods and tactics," he told reporters.
Officials said that only weapons built by Iran were shown at the
parade, in a bid to emphasise the country's self-sufficiency in
military technology.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meanwhile said in a speech that warnings
of military action and further UN sanctions would have no effect on
Tehran's nuclear drive.
"Those who think that with outmoded instruments like psychological
warfare and economic sanctions they can stop Iran's march towards
progress are making a grave mistake," Ahmadinejad said.
The full panoply of Iran's armed forces were on display, with
thousands of goose-stepping members of the regular army and the
Revolutionary Guards saluting Ahmadinejad and top military leaders in
a march-past.
The United States and its ally Israel have never ruled out using
military action against Iran for its defiance in the nuclear standoff.
Iran has said it will never initiate an attack, but has warned of
striking US bases in the Arabian peninsula, Iraq and Afghanistan -- as
well as Israel itself -- as a response to any aggression.
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