LAURA KNIGHT-JADCZYK AND JOE QUINN
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Iran has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of its Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile. The new missile is "meant for defense," but is capable of destroying both land and sea targets with the same "pinpoint precision."
"The high-precision missile fourth generation Fateh-110, with a range of over 300 kilometers, were tested by the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran's Ministry of Defense," Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Saturday.
According to the minister, the armed forces, when equipped with the Fateh missile, will be able to hit a large variety of targets, such as "gathering points of enemy [forces], command posts, missile sites, munitions depots, radar systems," and others.
"All these capabilities are meant for defense and will be employed only against aggressors and those who threaten the interests and the territorial integrity of our country," Vahidi added.
The announcement comes amid speculations of a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in the near future. On Wednesday, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy said in an interview with The New York Times that "if I were an Iranian, I would be very fearful of the next 12 weeks."
Other reports, however, suggest that in reality no military plans against Tehran have been discussed by Israel's top ministers for "months," and the harsh Israeli comments on the issue are just a tactical ploy.
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If you want some real bizarre propaganda...
...in support of Iran, see a recent MT Keshe post that is supposed to be about the real reason that Iran is being attacked.
I don't know anything about Mr. Keshe. He is supposed to be a "nuclear scientist."
In his post he asked readers to advise him of any errors, so I downloaded the whole post and re-wrote it in good English (well, pretty good) and sent it to him. It was not written in very good English.
In the post, Keshe states that Iran, because of an accident in Canada, as well as its own industriousness, has held a monopoly on medical (radioactive) isotopes for about a year now. However, Germany has financed the construction of a European facility in Belgium, and when that goes into operation, Europe will be free to attack Iran.
He says they want to attack Iran because it has independently developed the ability to use several technologies that Europe (and the US) did not want to fall into their hands. In particular, peaceful use of nuclear reactors. He reports that a "Triad" of countries (US, UK, France) was planning to totally monopolize the production of electricity using nuclear reactors, and that Europe and other countries would be forced to invest in this technology due to huge increases in oil prices.
But he says that Iran has also developed an advanced technology that it intends to use for defensive purposes which disables any sort of electronic system and can also make certain objects heavier. He claims that any attack on Iran with conventional weapons launched from sea, land, air, or from some other continent will result in the attacking missiles falling and blowing up before they reach Iran, or the attack vectors (jets, submarines) ceasing to operate.
The piece is a stirring example of Persian rhetoric, and I hope, for Iran's sake, that it's true.
But I must admit that it's hard to take any story I hear at face value these days.
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Comment: Iran and Israel have been "weeks away from war" for ten years now. These missile tests may have less to do with public displays of antagonism and deterrence and more to do with cammuflaging something else entirely:
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