Iran test-fires missile near Strait of Hormuz oil route
1 Jan 2013 5:57 AM IST
Iran's navy says it has test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply.
The on Monday's report by the official IRNA news agency quotes exercise spokesman Adm Amir Rastgari as saying the Iranian-made air defense system Raad, or Thunder, was among the weapons tested. Iran says the system fires missiles with a range of 50 kilometers (30 miles), capable of hitting targets at 22,000 meters (75,000 feet).
He said torpedoes and underwater and surface-to-surface rockets were also successfully tested.
The drill began Friday and ends Wednesday. It's one of a number of exercises Iran holds annually.
Iran has in the past said it might close the strait over Western sanctions, but has not made such threats recently.
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The on Monday's report by the official IRNA news agency quotes exercise spokesman Adm Amir Rastgari as saying the Iranian-made air defense system Raad, or Thunder, was among the weapons tested. Iran says the system fires missiles with a range of 50 kilometers (30 miles), capable of hitting targets at 22,000 meters (75,000 feet).
He said torpedoes and underwater and surface-to-surface rockets were also successfully tested.
The drill began Friday and ends Wednesday. It's one of a number of exercises Iran holds annually.
Iran has in the past said it might close the strait over Western sanctions, but has not made such threats recently.
YOU CANNOT IMPOSE ISLAM, SAYS PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again spoken out against the use of pressure to impose Islamic values on people, especially university candidates, media reported on Monday. ‘You cannot impose things by issuing decrees and directives -- a choice imposed by force has no value whatsoever,’ Ahmadinejad said in a speech on Sunday. ‘In some universities, female students are forced to wear the chador, but the way they are forced to wear it... it is better not worn since it becomes worthless,’ he said.
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