MP lauds Iran's missile power
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, July 13, IRNA
Iran-Defense-MP
A parliamentarian on Sunday praised Iran's missile power, saying those willing to wage war against the Islamic Republic are forced to make more precise calculations.
Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh, a member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told IRNA that certain Western media are trying to put Iran's missile power under question.
As to the test-fire of Shahab-3 missile by Iran on Wednesday, he said the recent missile wargames were aimed at displaying Iran's combat readiness.
The Islamic Republic of Iran enjoys a regional defense strategy, the MP added.
Asked whether there is relationship between Iran's test-fire of Shahab-3 missile and the country's peaceful nuclear program, he said, "Iran's nuclear activities and its missile program are two different strategies and have no relations with each other."
"The Islamic Republic of Iran does not pose any threat to Europe and does not consider the European states as its enemy," he said, stressing that the US officials are trying to mislead the Europeans.
The 1,000-kg Shahab-3 missile was test-fired on the third day of a war game launched by naval and missile section of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps dubbed 'Payambar-e A'zam III' (the Great Prophet III) on Wednesday.
The 2,000-km-range Shahab-3 missiles were tested to demonstrate Iran's capability in hitting its enemies accurately at the early stages of their probable attacks against the Islamic Republic.
Domestic and foreign political and military analysts believe that Shahab-3 is able to reach targets in the occupied lands in case of Israeli may-be attack on Iran's nuclear sites.
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