Revolutionary Guards Get New Missiles
Iran said its Revolutionary Guards have been armed with new medium-range missiles after successful tests of the weapons. Analysts say the missiles’ range could enable them to hit Israel or U.S. bases in the Middle East.
The deployment of the Shahab-3 missiles, announced on state television, comes as Iran faces mounting scrutiny of a nuclear energy program that Washington says may be a front for a covert effort to make atomic arms.
State television showed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attending a military parade in which at least one Shahab-3 was on display.
Iran announced this month that it had successfully completed tests on the Shahab-3, which analysts say is based on the North Korean Nodong-1 missile but has been improved with Russian technology. Its range is about 800 miles.
The report did not say how many new missiles were at the guards’ disposal.
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