Iran conducts third round of missile tests

Iran on Monday test-fired its long-range Shahab-3 missile which it says could hit targets in Israel,as the Revolutionary Guards staged missile war games for the second straight day.

Iran on Monday test-fired its long-range Shahab-3 missile which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel,as the Revolutionary Guards staged missile war games for the second straight day.

The exercise comes at a time of heightened tension with the West after the UN nuclear watchdog revealed on Friday that the Islamic republic was building a second uranium enrichment plant.

The Guards on Sunday launched the missile manoeuvres marking “Sacred Defence” week,which commemorates the start of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

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Iran’s English-language state-owned Press TV channel today broad casted footage of the Shahab-3 being fired in desert terrain.

Iran says the weapon has a range of 1,300-2,000 kilometres,which would put Israel,most Arab states and parts of Europe including much of Turkey within its range.

The Guards yesterday fired several short and medium-range missiles,some with multiple warheads,state media reported.

The medium-range Shahab-1 and Shahab-2,with a range of between 300 kilometres and 700 kilometres,were successfully launched,the Guards’ air force commander Hossein Salami said.

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Earlier,the Guards test-fired three types of short-range missile – the Tondar-69,Fateh-110 and Zelzal. All three weapons,powered by solid fuel,have a range of between 100 and 400 kilometres.

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