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Defiant Iran test-fires 2 long-range missiles

AFP, Tehran
Iran yesterday test-fired long-range missiles it says could hit targets inside arch-foe Israel, as the defiant Revolutionary Guards staged war games amid tension with the West over Tehran's atomic drive.
The UN nuclear watchdog revealed on Friday that Tehran was building a second uranium enrichment plant, ratcheting up tensions with the West which suspects the Islamic republic wants to acquire atomic weapons, a charge it denies.
On Sunday, the Guards launched the missile manoeuvres for "Sacred Defence" week, marking the start of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Guards' air force commander Hossein Salami said the force test-fired on Monday the Sejil and Shahab-3 versions of the long-range weapons.
"An improved version of Shahab-3 and the two-stage Sejil, powered by solid fuel, were fired.' Salami was quoted as saying by state-owned Arabic language Al-Alam television channel.
The Fars news agency said it was the first time the Sejil had been test-fired during a militaryexercise.
Press TV, a state-owned English-language channel, broadcast footage of a Shahab-3 blasting off in a ball of fire from a desert launch site.
Iran says both long-range weapons can travel for 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles), which would put Israel, most Arab
states and parts of Europe, including much of Turkey, within range.
"These are long-range missiles and can hit any target in the region," Salami said.
On Sunday, the Guards fired several short- and mediumrange 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,
fuel, have a range of between 100 and 400 kilometres.
On Monday, Salami issued a stem warning to Iran's foes.
"Our response will be strong and destructive to those who threaten the existence, independence, freedom and values of our regime. They will regret it," the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
He said the missile exercise was aimed at practising for "long wars, moving the missile installations from one point to another as well as simulta-
Salami said.
"The missiles shot have precisely hit the targets," he added.
Earlier, the Guards test-fired three types of short-range missiles -- the Tondar-69, Fateh-110 and Zelzal. All three weapons, powered by solid
neous and non-simultaneous shots at convergent and divergent targets."
On Sunday, Salami dismissed Israel as a potential threat, saying "that regime is not in a position that we need to comment about threats from it.”