05-05-2024 03:12 PM Jerusalem Timing

Iran Test-fires Long-range Ballistic Missile: Report

Iran Test-fires Long-range Ballistic Missile: Report

Iran recently test-fired a ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and accuracy to within eight meters

Iran recently test-fired a ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and accuracy to within eight meters, a senior Iranian military official said quoted by the Tasnim news agency.

missile test“Two weeks ago, we tested a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and an error margin of eight meters,” Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi said on Monday.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hussein Dehqan dismissed the report, saying: “We have had no missile test with a range published in media,” the Iranian defense minister said.

Iran's armed forces regularly conduct ballistic missile tests in a demonstration of the country's deterrent power.