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Iran locked in show of defiance battle with US and allies

by smkovalinsky | September 28, 2009 at 08:13 am

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Days after the UN Assembly - in which the US, Great Britain, and France threatened harsh sanctions against Tehran for uranium-enriching facilities there - Iranian President Ahmadinejad has locked himself into a defiant display of force with the firing of mid-range strategic missiles which appears to be escalating:

Locked in a deepening dispute with the United States and its allies over its nuclear program, Iran said that its Revolutionary Guards test-fired missiles with sufficient range to strike Israel, parts of Europe and American bases in the Persian Gulf.
“Iranian missiles are able to target any place that threatens Iran,” a senior Revolutionary Guard official, Abdollah Araqi, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.

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lalith

at 08:48 on September 28th, 2009

All for the sanctions to be lifted? Can they be serious?

Sputnic

at 10:01 on September 28th, 2009

Was not Israels development of nuclear weapons secret and against international law ! Did America stop funding Israel when they found out ? No ? No one should have the bomb but even so. Will Iran misuse its nuclear capability ? Israel using depleted uranium in Palestine, what was that if not misuse ?

Sputnic

at 00:29 on September 29th, 2009

Yes lorac we seriously do !

Mritunjay

at 13:05 on September 30th, 2009

VOA reported today (September 30, 2009) that Iranian nuclear issue will be the core of discussion for the forthcoming P5+1 (UNO's Permanent 5 members + Germany) meeting. This meeting is set admist speculations and the developments are under watch from all over the world.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-30-voa51.cfm