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Iran reportedly test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase
"Israel must be wiped out" written in Hebrew on them, but authorities said
that the tests do not violate the nuclear deal reached in January.
The tests came as Vice President Joe Biden visited Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, who was strongly opposed to the nuke deal.
“I want to reiterate because I know people still doubt: If in fact they
break the deal, we will act,” Biden said in Jerusalem.
The semiofficial Fars news agency offered pictures Wednesday it said were of
the Qadr H missiles being fired. It said they were fired in Iran's eastern
Alborz mountain range to hit a target some 870 miles away off Iran's coast
into the Sea of Oman.
Hard-liners in Iran's military have fired rockets and missiles despite U.S.
objections since the deal, as well as shown underground missile bases on
state television.
“The missiles fired today are the results of sanctions,” Brig Gen Hossein
Salami, a deputy commander of the Guards told Fars news agency, according to
the BBC. “The sanctions helped Iran develop its missile program.”
There was no immediate reaction from Jerusalem, where Biden was scheduled to
speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who strongly opposed
the nuclear deal.
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, which patrols that region, declined to comment on
the test. Fars quoted Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of Iran's Revolutionary
Guard's aerospace division, saying the test was aimed at showing Israel that
Iran could hit it.
Iranian state television showed one of the missiles being fired from an
underground silo sometime over night, Reuters reported.
"The 1,240-mile range of our missiles is to confront the Zionist regime,"
Hajizadeh said. "Israel is surrounded by Islamic countries and it will not
last long in a war. It will collapse even before being hit by these missiles
."
Israel's Foreign Ministry declined to immediately comment. Iran has
threatened to destroy Israel in the past. Israel, which is believed to have
the only nuclear weapons arsenal in the Mideast, repeatedly has threatened
to take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.
Hajizadeh stressed Iran would not fire the missiles in anger or start a war
with Israel.
"We will not be the ones who start a war, but we will not be taken by
surprise, so we put our facilities somewhere that our enemies cannot destroy
them so that we could continue long war," he said.
The firing of the Qadr H missiles comes after a U.S. State Department
spokesman on Tuesday criticized another missile launch that day, saying
America planned to bring it before the United Nations Security Council.
A nuclear deal between Iran and world powers including the U.S. is now
underway, negotiated by the administration of moderate President Hassan
Rouhani. In the time since the deal, however, hard-liners in Iran's military
have made several shows of strength.
In October, Iran successfully test-fired a new guided long-range ballistic
surface-to-surface missile. It was the first such test since Iran and world
powers reached a landmark nuclear deal last summer.
U.N. experts said the launch used ballistic missile technology banned under
a Security Council resolution. In January, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on
individuals and entities linked to the ballistic missile program.
Iran also has fired rockets near U.S. warships and flown an unarmed drone
over an American aircraft carrier in recent months.
In January, Iran seized 10 U.S. sailors in the Gulf when their two riverine
command boats headed from Kuwait to Bahrain ended up in Iranian territorial
waters after the crews "misnavigated," the U.S. military said. The sailors
were taken to a small port facility on Farsi Island, held for about 15 hours
and released after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke several times
with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
The Associated Press contributed to this report | j*********r
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: Look at what a BAD deal Obama has made!
: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/03/09/iran-test-fires-2-long-
: Iran reportedly test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase
: "Israel must be wiped out" written in Hebrew on them, but authorities said
: that the tests do not violate the nuclear deal reached in January.
: The tests came as Vice President Joe Biden visited Israeli Prime Minister
: Benjamin Netanyahu, who was strongly opposed to the nuke deal.
: “I want to reiterate because I know people still doubt: If in fact they
: break the deal, we will act,” Biden said in Jerusalem.
: The semiofficial Fars news agency offered pictures Wednesday it said were of
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